296 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



tected by fur gloves, and, as we started, the toilet of each 

 was usually completed by a large pair of blue goggles, 

 which we found a great protection against the pitiless 

 wind and the flying dust. 



On the 19th of August we all marched on to Chor- 

 kangma, where we stopped for breakfast. The spot is 

 not inhabited, but it bears a name, as water, fuel, and 

 grass are procurable. 



While at our meal we heard a shot, and a few minutes 

 after were joined by a sportsman, whom the Colonel 

 recognised as Mr. Vaughan of the Border Regiment, who 

 was on his way back to Leh. He had just bagged a 

 hare. He had spent five weeks, he told us, in Chang- 

 chenmo, and had got two good yak bulls ^ and four 

 antelope. He had seen no Ovis ammon worth shooting. 

 It appeared that he had got the bulls in the nala to 

 which I was going, and had shot them on the 3rd of 

 the month. It was a chance, then, as to whether any 

 more animals had come to the nala since or not. 

 Vaughan had been particularly unlucky in the matter 

 of Ovis amvioii. He had been in Ladak since early 

 in May, specially in pursuit of these sheep, and had 

 not seen a single shootable ram. After breakfast he 

 went to his tent, which was close by, and we three rode 

 on over the Marsemik La, the highest pass we had so 

 far crossed. There was no snow on it then, though 

 plenty was to be seen on the neighbouring peaks. 



The descent to Rimdi on the other side was rather 



^ The measurements were: — ist bull — horns 30", and height at shoulder 

 14 hands 3 inches ; 2nd bull — horns 28", and height at shoulder 17 hands i inch. 

 The smaller bull had the better head. 



