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intended to make this place, where there is a little hut, 

 a base for supplies. If we are so fortunate as to get a 

 couple of good wild sheep we shall descend to about 

 10,000 feet and try for thar (one of the largest species 

 of the wild goats of India). Last Tuesday (May 8th) 

 we walked to camp at Phedi (between six and seven 

 miles), arriving just before 5 p.m., turned in at 8.15, 

 and experienced the usual thunderstorm and rain during 

 the night. The higher one ascends the more severe are 

 these storms. Wednesday (May gth) started away at 

 7.30 a.m., bagged a brace of black partridges on the way, 

 and reached camp at Balgaon (ten miles). The tent was 

 scarcely up when another terrific thunderstorm accom- 

 panied by torrents of rain began, followed by hail. On 

 Thursday (May loth) we trudged over ten miles to Tuhlari, 

 and being at once treated to a heavy thunderstorm which 



nearly wrenched the tent up; in fact, N and self 



hung on the poles for nearly an hour. On Friday (May 

 nth) walked to Dharrassa, striking the Baghirathi River 

 and valley and the pilgrims' route before getting to 

 Dharrassa, where there is another apology for a bungalow. 

 Yesterday (May 12th) started at dawn to avoid the terrible 

 heat which rages between 12 and 3 o'clock, arriving at 

 the next halting-place, Danda, at 11 o'clock a.m. On 

 the way we saw some gurral (the small wild goat) which 

 are found up to an altitude of 8000 feet, and swarm 

 in the Himalayas, but are never to be seen except at 



dawn and dusk. N and self had a couple of shots 



apiece at the gurral, but as we could never see them 

 (not being acquainted with their appearance) until they 

 were galloping up and down the precipices some hundreds 

 of feet above or below us, we missed. It was like shooting 



