CHAPTER XIV. 



Magnificeut oak forests. — The winter of 1850-51. — Avalanches. — Destruction 

 occasioned by them. — Scene in the Buspa valley. — Burrell scared by an 

 avalanche. — Steeple chase on a glacier. — Extortion and insolence in the 

 protected districts. — Rampore. — Seran. — The young Kajah. — Gun-cotton. 

 — The small-pox. — Vaccination. — Teree pass. — Ibex shooting. — Tartar 

 village. — Rumours of other shooting parties. — Push on to the Salt Lake. 

 ^Lofty pass of Paruug-la. — Sickness. — "Bis." — A hunter's death. — 

 Unintere.sting country. — Tai'tars. — Choomureri lake. — Tartar oxen. — Salt 

 Lake. — The kiaug, or wild horse. — Shooting wild fowl. — Ovia Amnion. — 

 Onr first attempt. — Increase of our party. — Driving the wild sheep. — 

 Success of the drive. — Consequences of abandoning your post. — Ovis 

 Ammou shooting. — Where found. — Its exceeding shyness. — Ovis Poli. — 

 Hear of another vaiioty of wild sheep from the Tartars. 



From Gunga, in our I'oute to Koonawur, 

 we passed through some of the most mag- 

 nificent forests, of evergreen oaks, in tlie 

 Hunalayas. 



The past winter, that of 1850-51, had been 

 unusually severe, and more snow had fallen 

 than had been known for years. The 

 avalanches throughout the hills, had been 

 terrific ; large trees torn up by the roots, 



