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scattered about. On ascending these slopes you come 

 on fairly level, slightly undulating, plateaux covered 

 with snow ; on this snow the yak retire and lie down 

 in the heat of the day. Having struck the main 

 valley at its junction with another called Kubrang, I 

 camped for .a day or two to try for an antelope. I 

 found them morning and evening on the grass flats, 

 but they were so wary from being hunted before that 

 I could not get a shot. At last, however, I watched 

 a herd ofF the flat into the side nullahs of the valley, 

 made a good stalk, and got one. 



The next day I forded the Changchenmo river 

 and proceeded up the Kubrang, where I hoped to find 

 yak. About fifteen miles up I camped on a beautiful 

 flat of grass, and in the evening proceeded with my 

 hunters up the valley. I soon came across the 

 droppings of wild yak. There was no mistaking 

 them for tame ones, for some of them were very 

 large indeed. There is a native saying among the 

 Bhots (people of this country), " The liver of a wild 

 yak is a load for a tame one." I followed the trail 

 of the herd, which Jed up to the plateau above for 

 some way, but as night was coming on I returned to 

 camp, expecting to find them down again and on the 

 feed in the morning. 



At an early hour I started off, and soon got to the 

 flat where they had been before. They were, how- 

 ever, nowhere to be seen. Having carefully looked 

 over the slopes, we proceeded up the valley, and on 

 rounding a bend the next grass flat came in view. 

 There they were right enough ; as far as I could 



