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this time fur rugs and a pillow were taken, also food and arifle. A slightly 
different route was followed in order to avoid any chance of disturbing 
the valley where the Sharpu had been seen. 
The moonlight afforded the same glorious sight, a very curious effect was due 
to the moon shining on a bare hill side which gave the appearance of being. 
snow clad, also by a valley full of white lilies. 
Early the next morning the Sharpu were looked for and found within a mile 
or less from where they were first sighted ; probably they had taken up their 
summer quarters in the vicinity and might have stayed for long. had it not 
been for the wandering Britisher who loved mountain tops, and the deep: 
valleys beneath. 
The early morning wind was blowing downwards but with the rise of the sun 
it changed, by mid-day the sense of smell so strongly possessed by sheep did 
not help them. Within about a hundred yards a flock of rams were grazing, and! 
the one selected was easily shot. Some hours before dark the camp was reached 
and the followers were soon busy cooking the meat, probably if they thought 
at all they wondered what the next freak of their employer might be and 
devoutly hoped it would not entail sleeping out at high altitudes for the 
purpose of gazing at the cold ice. . 
Small Sharpu rams with the ewes are to be seen on the adjacent hills but 
without leaving the tracks, which serve as roads, big heads are hard to get. 
In the Natural History notes, reference will be made to ‘‘Brooke’s Sheep,” 
suffice it to here say it has been proved to be a hybrid, nota distinct species,. 
for the Sharpu and the Great Tibetan Sheep do occasionally cross. 
No. 346.—Tur Buarat (Pseudois nahura). 
Bharal Head, Length of Horns 29!’, 
The Narpu—Nah or Sna of Ladak. 
The Blue Sheep, as the Bharal or Burhel is often called, has a wide distri-- 
bution. 
Whether or not this animal is more closely allied to the goats or to the 
sheep can be left for future discussion as the sport it affords is what has: 
now to be dealt with. 
