CHAPTER XXI 



SEPTEMBER 2 2-28 LEH TO RUMBOK 



The Rumkok nala — Urucha — Hospitality at Zinchan — Four uryal — Two 

 cartridges burst — One uryal leaves herd — Bad ground occupied by 

 uryal — Blank days — Burhel seen on 26th — Easy shot missed — Head 

 of uryal hit on 23rd brought in — Herd of seventeen burhel seen — 

 Risky stalk — First burhel — -Tarkum sub-nala. 



After breakfast on the 22nd of September I started on 

 a pony, accompanied by a boy to show me the way and 

 to bring the animal back. The Indus being low we 

 forded it below Pitak, and I overtook the baggage ponies 

 about half an hour before dusk, as they were going up 

 the pathway to Urucha, the village situated furthest 

 up the Rumbok nala, and just under the Kunda La, 

 which leads at a height of 16,211 feet into the Zaskar 

 district. 



Passing the village of Zinchan, a woman came forward 

 with a brass vessel full of milk, and hospitably offered 

 me a drink, but the bowl and the figure that presented it 

 were too dirty, and I had to decline. She was accom- 

 panied by a girl carrying a jug of chang and some sattoo, 

 which were given to and apparently much appreciated 

 by my guide. 



