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late to follow him up, and next morning we 

 sent after him, without success. One of our 

 men, who had been cruising wide of us, to 

 examine the country, had seen three fine old 

 tahir. So upon the ground, where the 

 villagers assured us there was no game, we 

 had seen tahir, musk-deer, and a bear ! 



Next day being Sunday, we halted. On 

 the 20th, we looked over the ground up to 

 the foot of the pass ; saw three burrell only, 

 and a musk-deer, which latter managed to 

 escaj)e us ; our men brought in two. 



Crossed the Rupin pass on the 21st 

 during a violent snow-storm, and several men 

 were taken ill. Our guide wished us to halt, 

 but we urged the men onwards, and Wilson 

 and I went back with the brandy bottle ; 

 meeting two of the laggers behind, they 

 reported a man seriously ill some distance 

 to the rear, and two others helping him on. 

 As soon as we met them, the suiferer was 

 dosed with brandy, which seemingly was of 

 no avail, so we returned to camp, and sent 

 out more hands, to assist in bringing him in ; 



