THE TUSLA DAWAN. 39 



The spurs we were crossing seemed very 

 similar in height and formation, and appeared 

 to run north and east from the Mustagh, merging 

 into a subsidiary range of hills running parallel 

 to the said Mustagh in fact, much alike in for- 

 mation to the Sewaliks at the foot of the Hima- 

 layas, only much higher. 



I had questioned our guide about the game 

 in the neighbourhood. There were, he said, 

 ibex and burrel in abundance on the hills in the 

 winter, but at this time of year (August) they 

 moved off to the higher ranges, as the sheep, 

 'goats, and yak were all over the place. Chikore, 

 marmots, and hares we saw numbers of, also 

 snow-cock at the higher altitudes. 



The Tusla Dawan was a much harder ascent, 

 and we had terrible work to get our ponies over : 

 one, White Surrey by name, went down, and it 

 was with the greatest difficulty we got him on 

 his legs again, he was so utterly done, though 

 to look at he was one of the best. Some of the 

 others showed signs of striking work, so we 

 loaded our riding - ponies, who. had had an easy 

 time of it, as we had walked nearly all the way, 

 and managed to get over at last ; but Bower and 

 I came to the conclusion that unless we could 



