ANIMALS AND BIRDS 115 
The country appears to be thinly inhabited, and I 
noticed a change in the headgear worn, for here the 
hat, instead of being small, is made of two thicknesses 
of heavy felt, the inside being of a light colour and the 
outer black, or nearly so, the brim being much turned 
up. Ifound that this shape is peculiar to Western 
China and Eastern Tibet, where it is exclusively worn. 
Indian corn is grown and also potatoes, which have 
been introduced by the French missionaries. There is 
not, however, much cultivated ground, the country 
generally being thickly wooded, the surface rugged, 
and in places large, steep, detached hills, with sides 
partly precipitous, are found. The long and graceful 
bamboo is not seen, its place being taken by a shorter . 
and more scrubby variety. I was told that tigers, 
leopards, bears, and antelope abounded, and also that 
the wild ox, which I suppose to be the Budorcas of 
Pere David, is found on the slopes at the base of Mount 
Wa. The only part of one of these that I was fortunate 
enough to see was a piece of the hide. They are 
reputed to be very active and fierce, and are hunted in 
the winter by the Lolos for the sake of their flesh, 
which makes good beef. They are of a grey colour, 
with horns large and spreading, meeting at the base 
and turned back at the point. The tragopan is fairly 
plentiful, and the beautiful Amherst pheasant is common. 
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