Kalmuk Hunters. 



another of my yak-dans was smashed to pieces, and several things 

 broken, induding, amongst others, a good maximum and mini- 

 mum thermometer. 



I camped the night at the mouth of the Agiass by the Kazak 

 auls, continuing down the Tekkes Valley next day, and then, 

 moving up into the Muntai nullah, pitched the tents by the 



river bank. Nurah said the country round was good roe-deer 

 ground, and a sure find. We went out at 3 o'clock, but though 

 we saw no roe the ground looked promising, and I came back to 

 camp in the evening full of hope for the morrow. 



The Asiatic roe {Caprcoliis pygargus) is a small species of the 

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