Across the Roof of the World. 



course of the morning, but I was not able to get a shot, as they 

 were very much on the alert, in fact more so than usual. I 

 had the ponies with me, intending to ride back to the main camp in 

 the evening, so possibly this may have accounted for it. As a 

 general rule a Kalmuk when hunting on his own account always 

 goes mounted, except of course in thick forest, where it would be 

 impracticable to proceed ^ cheval, and when any game is sighted 

 ties up the pony prior to commencing the stalk. 



A VIEW IN THE THIAN SHAN. 



Towards 9 o'clock as we were going along a ridge, the dividing 

 line between two steep valleys, we heard a wapiti call in the 

 forest quite close, or rather I heard it, and Nurah called on his 

 blowpipe, to which the stag responded several times. We went 

 down hill a little way and taking up a position on a small spur 

 jutting out from the main ridge, endeavoured to locate the stag's 

 whereabouts as near as possible. Whilst sitting there another 



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