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got in the day after me, and was travelling simply to see 

 something of the country. 



The kind of game I wanted in Ladak was of six 

 kinds : Ovis ammon ^ (nyan), Tibet gazelle " (goa), Tibet 

 antelope^ (hiran), uryal* (shapu), burhel ^ (napu), and 

 yak ; ^ and I had long conversations, as to where I should 

 go to get these beasts, with the various sportsmen at 

 Leh, and especially with an old Ladak official, a native 

 of the country, named Paiges. This old gentleman gave 

 me a good deal of information, and from him and others 

 I gathered that, for yak and Tibet antelope I must go to 

 Changchenmo, for Tibet gazelle to the ground between 

 Gya and Hanle, while burhel and uryal were procurable 

 in the Rumbok and other nalas close to Leh. The main 

 difficulty was about Ovis am7non, good heads of which were 

 now very rare, and no one could tell me where I should 

 go to find these sheep. Paiges thought my best chance 

 would be in the Kharnak neighbourhood, though even 

 there it seemed doubtful if I should see anything worth 

 shooting. A friend had recommended me to visit the 

 nalas south-east of Shushal for Ovis ammon. The yak 

 bulls are said not to enter the Changchenmo valley till 

 August, and though that is a little late for antelope, 

 which are believed to be leaving for Tibet about that 

 time, I thought I would chance getting them then. 

 Accordingly the programme I laid out was as follows : 

 — I would try for Ovis ammon near Kharnak first, and 

 then make for Shushal, getting if possible a couple of 



1 So called by sportsmen ; the correct name is, I am informed, Ovis hodgsoni. 



2 Gazella picticaiidata. ^ Pantholops hodgsoni. ^ Ovis cycloceros. 

 ^ Ovis nahiifa. " Bos grimniens. 



