324 CHOOMUEEEI LAKE. 



Wilson, who had come over to us, 

 re-crossed the pass to visit Ossaroo, and 

 take him some medicine. He retm-ned on 

 Sunday the 29th, and found us encamped at 

 the foot of the Choomureri Lake, a sheet of 

 vi^ater about twenty miles long, and six 

 broad. He reported unfavourably of the 

 poor shikarie, but had left him in good 

 hands, under the care of the party who were 

 following us, and who had reached the foot 

 of the pass. 



Our route lay along the lake, and at its 

 head, we found encamped the chief of a 

 tribe of wandering Tartars, who, like the 

 Bedouins of the desert, have no fixed 

 residences, but roaming about with their 

 flocks and herds, dwell altogether in tents. 

 Here we dismissed our Spitee Tartars, and 

 placed all our baggage under the charge of 

 the wilder race, our newly-made acquain- 

 tances. They do not carry loads themselves, 

 but when they move, put everything on 

 their gahs, or pack-oxen. This breed of 

 cattle are to be found wild, lower down the 



