248 YAK BEEF. 



left in camp, fearing some mishap had befallen us, had started 

 in search of us. 



After sending off a couple of the baggage-yaks early next 

 morning to carry in the beef, I went after the five bucks we 

 had seen the day before on our way up the glen. We found 

 them still on the same ground, but they were now on the 

 alert, having winded us on our way up the hill ; so our 

 attempt to stalk them was fruitless. Later on in the day, 

 we descried in the distance several black objects which we 

 at first took to be dong ; but, much to our disappointment, 

 the glass showed them to be some of our baggage-yaks 

 that had wandered miles away, on their own hook, in search 

 of food. 



Great was the rejoicing in camp that evening when the 

 yaks returned laden with the meat ; and a juicy beef-steak 

 was a most acceptable addition to my own dinner for, with 

 the exception of there being little fat on it, the flesh of the 

 dong is much the same as any other beef. 



As Changter seemed to think there was now small hope 

 of our finding dong in this glen, which, although usually con- 

 sidered one of their favourite haunts, they had this year 

 apparently almost entirely forsaken, and the only other likely 

 places for them in Changchenmo were occupied, and would 

 probably be so for some time, I decided on retracing my steps 

 to the Pangong country, where Oves Ammon were said to be 

 more numerous. By staying on here I might have killed 

 many antelopes, and, by dint of excessive hard work, com- 

 bined with much patience and luck, I might eventually have 

 found a few dong on the ground beyond the pass ; but my 

 object was variety, not quantity, of Tibetan game. More- 

 over, I was particularly anxious to see as much as possible 

 of other parts of this most remarkable land during my short 

 sojourn in it. I therefore thought it waste of my limited 

 time to remain longer in Changchenmo. 



I had communicated my intentions by a messenger to the 

 Major, and he agreed still to accompany me ; so next day I 



