322 A HUNTEE'S DEATH. 



an occasional lick on the head, or a rap over 

 the shins, to keep him awake ; had he slept, 

 he would have died. I left him in charge of 

 a man, who was to accompany him home by 

 way of Kooloo and Kote Kangra; but in 

 the course of a few days, he rejoined us, in 

 company with Ossaroo and Karla, and never 

 suffered again whilst with us, although he 

 had often to go up very high into the snow, 

 as he carried one of the breakfast kiltas. 



One of my men related an anecdote of a 

 poor fellow, who lost his life under rather 

 singular circumstances, from the irresistible 

 inclination to sleep, produced by excessive 

 cold. Pursuing an old tahir, during the 

 winter, amongst the rocks, he had at last 

 succeeded in driving it over a precipice. 

 The tahir fell amongst the villagers who 

 were below, but it was now dusk, and 

 the Puharrie, surrounded by dangers, was 

 unable either to find his way back, or even 

 move from the narrow ledge of rock, from 

 which the tahir had taken its last leap. 

 Calling to his friends below, he acquainted 



