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the pony laden with the meat, horns, and skins, went 

 back to camp by the way we had come, while Abdulla 

 and I went another way on the off-chance of seeing 

 more game. We saw, however, nothing but kyang, and 

 got in about dusk. My wife was very much better for 

 the day's quiet and warmth. 



On the 31st I did not go out, but sent Rupsang and 

 Turrup to examine the Silung Kongma and Silung 

 Burma nalas near us, while I saw to the head skins 

 being properly taken off and dried, and the other skins 

 stretched. I took the opportunity also to thoroughly 

 clean the Lee-Metford, which was getting somewhat 

 stiff in its action. 



The next morning (ist of September) the four of us 

 started for the Tatahor nala, recommended by Turrup 

 as good antelope ground — a recommendation amply 

 justified by results. This must have been the local 

 name for the long valley marked on the map as Kone 

 Rong. To reach it we had to go up a small nala open- 

 ine from the north-east on the one in which our tents 

 stood, and cross a low pass at its head. Then before us 

 lay a very long and wide valley, stretching almost east 

 and west, the extremity of which could not be seen 

 from where we stood. 



Going down the mountain side, the Kashmiri pre- 

 sently sat down and began using the telescope. In a 

 few minutes he announced a small herd of Ovis ainmon, 

 three herds of antelope, and a herd of wild yak ! Hardly 

 able to believe my ears, I took the glass, and saw three 

 Ovis animon close by. Beyond them I detected a herd 

 of antelope, and on the plain two more, but these were 



