CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XVII 



AUGUST 19-26 POBRANG TO KUGRANG 



Character of Changchenmo valley — No inhabitants — Little fuel — Bitter wind — Hot 

 sun — Chorkangma — Mr. Vaughan — Marsemik La — Rimdi — Pamzal — Gogra — 

 Raw and cold — Yet sun very hot — Herd of wild yak — One large bull — Who 

 charged when wounded — Measurement of bull — Search for rest of herd 



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CHAPTER XVIII 



AUGUST 27 TO SEPTEMBER 5 KUGRANG TO POBRANG 



Gogra — Kyam — Hot springs — Toothache — Ningh Rhi — Buck antelope missed — 

 Three out of four dropped — Long chase after one antelope — Day in camp on 31st 

 — Tatahor nala — Ovis at?i»ion — Fourth and fifth antelope — Sixth antelope^ 

 Return march to Pamzal — Up Rimdi valley — Way in which Ladak rivers dry up 

 — Bad path — Cold at Rimdi — Charms of Pobrang — Division of things . 309 



CHAPTER XIX 



SEPTEMBER 6- 1 3 POBRANG TO KIONGMA CHUMIK 



Shikari's fall from his pony — Meruk — Thinn spring — Nowi — Fording the Indus — 

 Hanle river — Sango nala — Hanle — Giato sent for — Bitter wind — Kiongma 

 Chumik — Stalking of gazelles in the open found hopeless — Arrival of Giato — 

 First goa shot — Hopeless stalking for the rest of the day — Third day's work — 

 The herd of three — Second goa shot out of herd of five — Attempts to drive the 

 herds fail — Careless stalking — Third goa shot — Proper method of stalking goa 

 — Choice of routes returning ........ 332 



CHAPTER XX 



SEPTEMBER 14-2I KIONGMA CHUMIK 'JO LEH 



Hanle monastery — The Gompa interior — Prayer-wheels — Merit obtainable from them 

 — Camp at Sango again — Thrown by pony — Nimu ford — Sentence on mountain 

 — Chumathang — Hot springs — Kilmong — Aikeke — Gaik — Kyungyam — 

 Troublesome ponies — Himmi — No bridge — Difficult climb — Chang and sattoo 

 — Likcha — Bad bit of road — Eek — Shera — Ease in settling transport accounts 

 — Himis monastery — Photographs of the rooms — Leh — Photographs in Leh — 

 The Ladak Pirak — Dress of Ladaki women ..... 353 



