CHAPTER XVI. 



Through the Ili Valley to Kulja. 



It had been my intention to visit Kok Bel for some Ovis karelini 



shooting, but time would not allow of this so I went on to Kulja. 



On the night of the 26th I camped by an unoccupied Kazak log 



hut which we partly dismantled to provide firewood. It was a 



CROSSING THE TEKKES VALLEY. 



bitterly cold night, freezing hard again, with a fairly strong 

 wind, so we needed all the warmth we could muster. 



I continued on down the valley the following day, the 

 weather having improved, but still a cold wind though the sun 

 was shining. I crossed a low spur and camped by the 



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