CHAPTER XV 



JULY 19-31 SANGTHA TO CHAMARTA CHU 



Pogmore La nala — Kyang — Ovis amnion — Hares — Ovis amnion again — 

 Good chance spoiled — Long wait — Without result — Ground to south- 

 west examined — Nothing seen — Ladak saddle- — 65° change of 

 temperature — The five rams again — Wind wrong — Tibet wolf — The 

 six rams — Long stalk — First Ovis amnion — Wounded ram — 

 Mountain headaches — Second and third Ovis amnion — Fourth Ovis 

 amnion — Hares — Kharnak — Dhad — Chamarta Chu — Tawny wolf 

 — Burhel — Base of cartridge blown off, 



I WAS called shortly after 5 a.m. on the morning of the 

 19th of July, when the thermometer stood at 42° inside 

 the tent, and went down to 36° when I put it in the ver- 

 andah, where I had my chota hazri. The pony I intended 

 to ride had bolted in the night, and men had gone to 

 search for it, but another pony had been obtained — how 

 I could not quite make out — from the nomad encampment 

 of Kharnak about 10 miles off. I proposed taking a 

 yak for my tiffin basket, brief-bag, and camera, but found 

 that one could not be induced to go alone, and two were 

 being brought along. As this seemed an absurdity I 

 got a coolie to carry some of the things, and gave the 

 rest to the man with the pony. No riding saddle came 

 with the pony, but a wooden pack-saddle was put on its 



