CHAPTER XVIII 



AUGUST 2 J TO SEPTEMBER 5 KUGRANG TO POBRANG 



Gogra — Kyam — Hot springs — -Toothache — Ningh Rhi — Buck antelope 

 missed — Three out of four dropped — Long chase after one antelope 

 — Day in camp on 31st — Tatahor nala — Otis ammo7i — Fourth and 

 fifth antelope — Sixth antelope — Return march to Pamzal — Up Rimdi 

 valley — Way in which Ladak rivers dry up — Bad path — Cold at Rimdi 

 — Charms of Pobrang — Division of things. 



There being no probability of seeing another bull, I 

 resolved to leave the Kugrang nala, and make for the 

 antelope ground at the eastern end of Changchenmo, on 

 the edge of Tibet. Turrup, whom I consulted on the 

 subject, recommended Ningh Rhi, a march beyond Kyam; 

 so on the 27th of August we packed up our traps, and 

 travelled down the stream to our old quarters at Gogra, 

 a distance of about 14 miles. 



On the 28th we moved to Kyam, 7 miles, where 

 we found a small encampment of nomads grazing their 

 flocks of sheep in the neighbourhood of the hot springs 

 there. From here I sent Mahamdu back to Leh for 

 letters, etc., and directed him, when passing through 

 Pobrang, to send us a supply of sattoo, which was running 

 short. 



The hot springs at Kyam hardly deserve the name. 



