THE RIDING YAK 293 



Knowing that we should probably have some hard 

 marching and stalking in Changchenmo, I hired two 

 ponies to be used by the servants and shikaris as 

 occasion might arise, as well as two for my wife and self 

 I also engaged a local man called Turrup, who knew 

 Changchenmo, to come with us and point out the likely 

 places for game, and a smart Shushal boy called Surnam 

 to assist generally about the camp. 



As I knew there was a chance that my wife might 

 have to ride a yak, I placed her saddle on one of these 

 animals and put her up. The yak was perfectly quiet 

 and docile, but like all his kind a very slow traveller. 



In the evening Colonel Turnbull and I settled that I 

 was to go first to the Kugrang nala to look for wild 

 yak, and he towards Kepsang for antelope. The same 

 evening I arranged for a man to go to Leh with letters 

 and to brinof out our mail. 



