6 IN KASHMIR. 



in twenty-five days' shooting twenty-five head- 

 viz., ten ibex, eight bears, and seven musk-deer. 



From there I wandered on to Zanskar, and 

 tried for burrel, but saw no heads worth shooting, 

 so proceeded to Leh, where, after resting a while 

 with friends, I again prepared for a start, having 

 in my mind to add yak, burrel, Tibet antelope, 

 and a possible Ovis Ammon to my collection. 



After a twelve - days' march we reached the 

 Kobrang valley, where traces of yak were soon 

 found, and, what was more to the purpose, shot 

 a couple, one of them a very fine bull. The rest 

 of the herd would not go, and I might have killed 

 them all had I wished to do so, as they ran round 

 and round me. 



Then moving back to Kiam in Changchenmo, 

 I shot a couple of antelopes, but found them very 

 difficult to stalk, as they live on the open grass 

 plain. Continuing my way over the Marsemik 

 Pass, I came across a herd of burrel, one of which 

 I shot ; then had two days' of unsuccessful hunt- 

 ing after a herd of Ovis Amman, which frequent 

 this range. This brought my expedition to an 

 end, and I returned to Kashmir. Latterly I used 

 a single Henry 5OO-bore in place of the old muzzle- 

 loader with which I began, and found it quite the 



