JACKA. 203 



suffering much from the intense cold. 

 Notwithstanding, we made the attempt the 

 following day, but finding it impossible to 

 carry the dandy over the pass, decided upon 

 going down to Musuri, and crossing by the 

 beaten tracks of the Rupin pass. Wilson 

 and I killed three burrell during the 

 morning, and found the camp all ready to 

 move, when we came in. 



May 16th, — Crossed into Musuri, and on 

 the 18th arrived at Jacka, the last village 

 on this side. When questioned, the villagers 

 declared that there was no shooting to be had 

 in their neighbourhood; but, determined to 

 judge for ourselves, we went up the hill with 

 a villager in tow, as a guide. We found a 

 great number of musk-deer tracks, and saw 

 several. I knocked over an old bear, as he 

 stood on the top of a rock reconnoitring, and 

 he rolled over and over down hill, until 

 brought up by a tree, apparently dead ; but, 

 bad luck to him, just as we had made sure of 

 his skin, he regained his legs, and crawling up 

 to the top, was soon out of sight. It was too 



