228 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



goa en rotite. After this I would go to Changchenmo, 

 and then return to Leh for the uryal and burhel. This 

 seemed to take me over the most Hkely ground, and 

 with decent luck I hoped to get five out of the six 

 varieties I wanted. Yak, I felt very doubtful about, as, 

 from what I could learn, a bull had not been seen in the 

 Kugrang (the main yak nala of Changchenmo) for many 

 years. 



As our arrangements were now very different from 

 those which had characterised my trip alone to Baltistan, 

 it would be well to describe them here, that future 

 references may be understood. 



My wife had brought with her the Kashmir tent 

 she had been using in Srinagar, and this we took with 

 us. With everything complete it weighed about 3|- 

 maunds (282 lbs.), and formed a light load for a yak. 

 It had two flies and the bathroom was under the inner, 

 which was the main reason why we chose a tent of this 

 type. In cold tracts, such as we were about to visit, the 

 matter is of some importance. The inner fly, including 

 the bathroom and walls for tent and bathroom, weighed 

 88 lbs. The outer fly with the outer kanats ^ weighed 

 72 lbs. These two flies, therefore, by themselves made 

 a light load for a pony. Not being certain whether 

 I should be able to get pony or yak carriage everywhere, 

 and to provide for the possibility of having to use coolies, 

 I had caused the inner walls to be made detachable from 

 the inner fly, which prevented the tent being as warm 

 as it would otherwise have been, owing to the way the 

 wind got in at the lacing. Consequently, as noticed 



1 Tent walls. 



