Ruthless Slaughter. 



through a cloudless sky, and the air so clear that the surrounding 

 heights showed up sharp and well defined. 



On the way I noticed several old horns of poli lying about, 

 silent witnesses to the devastation caused by wolves and the 

 hunting Kirghiz. Some of these I measured but could not 

 find any exceeding 50 inches. One day when out shooting in 

 the Kukturuk nullah I came on the scene of a former Kirghiz 

 drive, counting over sixty heads, some of which — unlike those 



THE TRACKS OF THE EXPEDITION ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. 



encountered on the way from Mintaka — would have constituted 

 magnificent trophies. 



The drives in which the Kirghiz indulge take place in winter 

 when the snow being deep and soft, the poH are then more easily 

 run down, and are conducted somewhat on the following lines : 

 a point is selected, generally a narrow nek or ravine, where low 

 stone sungars are constructed, from behind which the Kirghiz 



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