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scarcely bearable and after what seemed to be hours a nearer approach was tried 
to a place where whatever direction the game moved it must be possible 
to get some sort of a shot. Crawling over stones is painful work, and cannot be 
done without some noise ; the Burhel were all standing up, males, females and 
half grown lambs,—a poor lot onthe whole. A blanket thickly folded was 
pushed on to a stone and used as a rest for the rifle. The best animal 
which was the furthest away, fell to the shot, and then the whole 
flock seemed to be utterly confused, for when too far to shoot at they all stood 
and looked back. Then they separated and a small number turned and ran along 
the side of the depression, nearly all were rams, one was missed, but the left 
barrel brought down a better ram than the first one which was lying dead. 
Both heads were good ones, but amongst what appeared to be a hundred 
animals there was no pair of horns worth putting into the list attached. The 
expedition was worth taking although it lasted for four days, for it did not 
waste valuable time as the passes into Changchenmo were still very difficult. 
On the way back to Tankse by a circuitous route a small herd of good rams 
were seen, and out of them a 29” pair of horns was killed. This was luck; the 
three pairs of horns could be left behind and would not have to be packed 
before each march. What a bore the horns are before starting on a march! The 
wretched things will not fit into their placesin the loads. As long as there is 
room between a pair of trunks or rice bags all goes well but where this is not 
practicable the trophies are very apt to get damaged. 
Wolves, and the Ounce or Snow Leopard take heavy toll amongst 
Burhel, but this hardy sheep still survives in Considerable numbers, probably 
because it is impervious.to the cold and is not tempted to come into the lower 
ground. 
The custom of putting the horns of game on stone cairns is common in Ladak. 
These often mark the top of a low pass or are placed in some spot to which a 
legend is attached. Most of these collections contain more Sharpu than Burhel 
horns, one réason being that fewer of the latter are shot by the villagers, 
another, that Burhel horns are hard and, in the absence of iron implements, 
they are used as hoes in rough cultivation. Sharpu horns are also thus utilised, 
but not to the same extent. 
(To be continued.) 
