A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



men " have been known to hunt and slay kyang, 

 and have had their heads set up as trophies of the 

 chase ! Having got these nyan I felt more than 

 repaid for the hundreds of miles that I had marched, 

 and sent off a messenger to H. to tell him that / 

 had shot my forty inches, and was leaving for 

 England. 



As I started on the following morning I received 

 a note from H., with the news that he had shot a 

 forty-two incher in Koyul and was jubilant, so that 

 I only beat him by the odd half inch. I had got 

 my nyan, it is true, but had still to own myself 

 defeated by the goa, so I returned to Hanle, deter- 

 mined to spare neither time nor trouble to secure 

 this pretty little gazelle. I may here say that I 

 subsequently discovered that the animals that Ullia 

 had seen on the eventful morning when I bagged 

 my nyan, and had hesitated whether to obey his 

 summons or that of Saibra, were napoo, of which 

 during the day he saw flocks of thirty, twenty, and 

 seventeen, so that a sportsman camping in the 

 spot where I was would, with any luck, probably 

 get some of these sheep. 



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