298 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



The next day we crossed the river at a ford about 

 5 miles further on, where the water was only about 3 feet 

 deep, but was flowing very fast. As the baggage animals 

 were some distance behind, we breakfasted at the ford 

 after crossing, so as to see everything safely over. The 

 yaks and ponies had no trouble, but the goats and sheep 

 were carried down some distance, and only got over with 

 difficulty. We had bought, at R. i each,^ five sheep at 

 Pobrang for food, and had some sixteen or eighteen 

 goats to supply us with milk. 



Shortly after this we parted from Colonel Turnbull, 

 who went on up the river to Kyam, while we turned 

 north to Gogra, where the Kugrang river joins the 

 Changlung. Here we found a few stone walls put up 

 for shelter by the nomads, and plenty of grass ; and, 

 though it was only about 3 p.m. when we arrived, and 

 we had only done 1 1 miles, we resolved to camp, so as 

 to give the baggage animals time to have a good feed to 

 make up for their starvation of the day before. 



It was very cold and raw when we got in, and clouds 

 and mist were blowing down the valley, driven by a 

 bitter wind. As it turned out, it was lucky we stopped 

 when we did, for the tents were hardly up when rain 

 came down pretty smartly, and made things very un- 

 pleasant for every one. The fuel all got wet, and very 

 little was obtainable, for droppings were not plentiful ; 

 there was no bortza and very little dapshang. As a 

 consequence our men had a bad time of it, and even in 

 our tent it was very cold. The wind swung round after 

 we got in, and blew into the front, so that we were unable 



1 This was the usual price in Rupshu. 



