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carp and a barbel, and which proved to be very 

 fair eating. In this way I got eight fish, whose 

 combined weight was 16 Ib. 



The change of climate was delightful after the 

 intense cold, although we were still at an altitude 

 of 10,000 feet, and at night the thermometer fell 

 below zero, but during the day, when the sun was 

 up, it rose as high as 75. 



The following day Younghusband arrived, 

 having travelled on trotting camels furnished by 

 Akal Jahn, which, he said, were first-rate convey- 

 ances not very fast, but keeping up a steady 

 pace of from four to five miles an hour for a long 

 period. 



We had a great " buck," as we call a long talk 

 in India, and heard a certain amount of news, as 

 he had left Leh after us, and had had mails 

 forwarded. His intention was to explore the 

 Kunjerat, where we had shot last, the Kukturuk 

 valley, and over the Mintaka Dawan into Kunjut, 

 and so back to Kashmir. 



We spent another day together, and I fished 

 the pools once more : the fish were getting shyer, 

 but I landed a dozen of them, in all 22 Ib. Then, 

 bidding Younghusband farewell, we started to- 

 wards Yarkand on October the 3Oth. 



