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ravines opening into it from each side. We breakfasted 

 here, and afterwards I went on with Turrup and the two 

 shikaris, but we saw nothing except five female Ovis 

 ammon and two yellow wolves, whom we disturbed in 

 the act of stalking the sheep. The wolves did not 



Furthest Camp in the Kugrang Valley. 



wait to give me a shot, but disappeared quickly up the 

 hillside. 



That night the clouds cleared away, and the cold was 

 great. The thermometer in our tent stood at 30° when 

 I got up at half-past six. The water in a metal dish 

 some 3 inches deep, left outside during the night, was 

 found a solid block of ice in the morning. 



The two shikaris, Turrup, and I, left about 7.30 a.m., 

 each on a pony, and proceeded up the northern side 

 of the nala. About nine we sighted, from the top of a 



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