CHAPTER III. 



Move higher up the Valley.— The ICilta.— Hilgah.— Gooral. the Himalayan 

 chamois. — Its haunts and habits. — Bengallee. — Beautiful forest. — A lazy 

 set. — Tahir shooting. — A fi-uitles.s stalk. — An interloping leopard. — 

 Goorkha sepoys. — The hill road to Jalah. — Encamp on the snow. — 

 Bun-ell. — Change of plans. — Noble cedai-s. — A mountain bridge. — Pilgrims. 

 — Gangoutrie. — Priests. — Difficult route to the source of the Ganges. — 

 Bridge building. — Excessive cold. — Dangerous walking. — The great 

 glacier of the Ganges. — The " Cow's Mouth." — The Burrell, or wild sheep 

 of the Himalayas. — Where found. — Their habits. — An inexperienced 

 hunter often deceived. — Timidity. — Agility. — The nece.ssary requisites for 

 a successful burrell shooter. — Pleasures of the sport. 



Tents, provisions, and baggage having to 

 be carried by coolies, and supplies for them 

 being procured with difficulty higher up the 

 river, part of the morning was spent in 

 re-apportioning and putting tlie loads to- 

 rights. 



The kilta is the universal means through- 

 out the hills of carrying provisions and all 

 kinds of packages of a basketable size. I 

 cannot better describe it, than as a huge 



