A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



the horns of the second were thirty-seven and a 

 half inches in length, but in girth at the base beat 

 those of the larger one, being eighteen inches in 

 circumference as compared with seventeen and a 

 half. The two were a satisfactory right and left ! 

 I now felt happy, having got two good specimens 

 of nyan, and resolved to quit the ground on the 

 morrow and hand it over to H., though I dare say 

 that with Chering Doorji's assistance I could have 

 had a shot at some more big ones had I wished to do 

 so. On my way back to camp I saw a kyang on 

 some ground where it was easy to stalk him. I had 

 no desire to shoot the beast, but my Tartar retinue 

 were clamoring for the flesh, and what decided me, 

 being of much more importance, was the fact that 

 my servants' chaplis and the leather coverings of 

 the kiltas were quite worn out, and the hide would 

 do admirably to repair them. So the poor beast 

 had to suffer. 



I stalked to within a hundred yards of him, and 

 hoped to drop him in his tracks , but he caught 

 sight of me, and bounded forward just as I pressed 

 the trigger, with the result that he was hit far back. 

 He went on for some way and lay down, and I felt 

 quite ill, and as if I had murdered a horse ; so I 

 sent Salia to finish him. However, the chaplis and 

 kiltas were repaired, and the camp feasted, so one 

 has no right to be sentimental. I was subsequently 

 told that I should have eaten some of the flesh, as 

 it is equal to good beef; also that British " sports- 



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