3IO SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



The water is only lukewarm, and rises in several places 

 through black mud in a small marsh. 



Unfortunately, on the 27th, my wife got an attack of 

 toothache ; and, though she muffled her head up well, the 

 bitter wind was very trying. The next day going to 

 Kyam she was worse (which was the reason we made 

 so short a march), and I considered the advisability of 

 giving up the antelope and getting out of this terrible 

 valley. But she was very plucky and would not hear of 

 it, and as I knew she would have several days' rest at 

 Ningh Rhi, we settled to go on. 



Accordingly, the 29th saw us at Ningh Rhi, 11 

 miles from Kyam, a lonely spot, almost entirely sur- 

 rounded by low hills, but with excellent grass and a 

 lovely little, clear stream. Of course the wind was a 

 great trial as usual, and my wife suffered much on the 

 march ; but as soon as the tent was up she was in shelter, 

 and a couple of days' rest made her all right again. 



On the morning of the 30th we started to look for 

 antelope. We went across the border into Tibet, over 

 the Gang La, and searched the hillsides about Troakpo 

 Kurpo, but without success, seeing nothing but large 

 numbers of kyang and three female Ovis ammon. Then 

 we swung round towards the north, and at 10.30 a.m. 

 sat down to breakfast by one of the few streams we 

 met with. 



After breakfast, we crossed the ridge to our north, 

 close to the Kepsang station (20,036 feet), and when 

 searching the valley beyond with the glasses, detected 

 two buck antelope grazing on a patch of grass below us, 

 and about 2 miles off. While watching them, a third 



