A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



the plain in a northerly direction ; I skirted the 

 foot-hills, and, besides many kyang, saw a flock of 

 eight nyan, which, after a careful and somewhat 

 arduous stalk, was found to contain only two small 

 rams, and we also saw many fresh tracks of goa, 

 though the animals themselves were invisible. We 

 were told that the rocks above were a favourite 

 haunt of napoo, and, indeed, we saw a flock of the 

 latter animal late in the evening, when daylight 

 was failing. 



The camp was pitched on the margin of a little 

 stream that suddenly appears, coming out of the 

 shingle, and on turf surrounded by a fair amount of 

 brushwood for fuel. It was situated immediately 

 below the lowest of the foot-hills. That night 

 (August 2Oth) there was a tremendous hailstorm 

 and a gale of wind which culminated in a regular 

 tempest, accompanied by thunder and lightning, 

 while snow fell to within a quarter of a mile of the 

 tents a pleasant midsummer experience ! The 

 following day was the red-letter day of my trip. I 

 had sent off Saibra early, with a Ladakhi, along the 

 range northward, whilst Ullia and Ramzahn had 

 started southward along the ground that we had* 

 traversed the previous day. About eight o'clock I 

 started off with Salia and Chering Doorji, and we 

 determined to follow the latter party. We had not 

 gone far when we observed them some way above 

 us, and they eventually stopped and made signals 

 to us to come up and join them. We were about 



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