222 Sport and Life in the Further Himalaya 



ammon are very scarce, owing chiefly to winter 

 shooting by changpas ; for, however excellent 

 regulations may be, it is difficult to ensure their 

 being observed in that remote country. Unfor- 

 tunately for the sportsman, recent events have 

 resulted in Tibet being, perhaps, more closed than 

 ever. Even if it were not so, it would be a 

 mistake to suppose that when once the border of 

 that enchanted country is crossed ammon become 

 plentiful. Chumurti and Kandur are the two 

 districts in Tibet where, according to report, 

 ammon abound ; but I found out by bitter ex- 

 perience that, at any rate as regards the latter 

 country, report lied, for during a tour in this 

 district with my wife, we only came on ammon 

 rams twice, and I failed to secure a single one. 

 The first of these failures was due to a stupid 

 mistake for which I had no one to thank but 

 myself. 



We had heard from some changpas that there 

 was a herd of ammon in a valley a few miles to 

 the east of our camp, near Keltse Tso (lake), and 

 a start was made early next morning to look for 

 them. Going up a long valley soon after leaving 

 camp my wife spotted a buck gazelle. But he 

 had seen us too, and bolted up a side ravine. I 

 attempted a stalk, but the gazelle kept moving 

 from one ravine to the next, and then stopping 



