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skin, I sat down and fired at one with the Lee-Metford. 

 The beast galloped about 20 yards, and then rolled over 

 dead. His companions went off about 100 yards, so put- 

 ting up the 200 yards' sight, I dropped another with a 

 bullet through both shoulders. The first had been hit in 

 the middle of the shoulder, and in both cases the bullet 

 had gone out at the other side, making at exit a hole a 

 little larger than at entrance. Both animals were quite 

 dead when we got up to them. After skinning one, and 

 arranging to send back next day for the skin of the 

 other, we went on. 



The kyang is a dark fawn in colour, with a black 

 stripe down the back, white belly, legs, and muzzle. 

 The tail is that of a donkey, and the whole appear- 

 ance decidedly asinine. I do not understand how any 

 one can class the animal as a wild horse. 



Suddenly Rupsang whistled, and came to a stop, 

 looking up at a distant hillside. Following the direction 

 of his gaze, I noticed two grayish white spots apparently 

 in motion. Bringing the telescope to bear, I found I was 

 looking at the first Ovis ammon I had ever seen. The 

 herd consisted of five animals, all rams, of whom two 

 seemed to have fair horns. It was too late, of course, to 

 do anything then, so w^e merely noted the place and went 

 on to the tents, which we reached shortly before dark. 



Altogether we counted that day eighteen hares and 

 fourteen kyang. A few marmots and pigeons also showed 

 themselves in the evening. 



The 20th saw me up at 5 a.m., when I found the 

 thermometer at 38° in our tent. I put it on the table 

 beside me when having my chota hazri in the little 



