About Yak 271 



the guide swaying in front was part of a dream 

 that had been going on from the beginning 

 of time, and as if an eternity had been spent 

 riding by 



Plains that the moonlight turns to sea, 

 Mountains that never let you near. 



At last the twinkle of a camp-fire, and we 

 awoke to find we were still an hour's ride from 

 camp. When we got in we were surprised to 

 find it was not yet midnight, but that day 

 had included eighteen hours of hard work at 

 an extreme altitude, which for a lady may be 

 accounted no mean performance. 



I was on the ground early next day. The 

 bull which had crossed the pass was followed 

 and found dead a mile beyond it. The other 

 had wandered on and was not seen again, 



After all, a great part of the difficulty of 

 shooting yak lies not so much in the stalk as 

 in reaching yak ground, for they are being 

 driven farther east into the interior of Tibet 

 every year. They used to be found in the 

 district of Changchenmo in Ladak, but now, 

 except for an occasional stray herd of cows, 

 they are never seen there. The writer's expedi- 

 tions after yak were shortly before the expedition 

 to Lhassa, when the hated Piling (European) was 



