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comes also from the S. W. The spray of this stream was frozen in 

 icicles over the boulders. We encamped just below the Pass at a halt- 

 ing-ground called Nakpo G on ding. Snow fell at mid -day and continu- 

 ed falling for two hours. Height above the sea, 16,225 feet. 



Friday, \Stk September. To Beldong near the northern end of the 

 Chumureri lake, distance 12 miles, and half a furlong. Road at first 

 a gradual ascent, then a descent, and a second ascent to the crest of the 

 Nakpo Gonding Pass. Total ascent about 800 feet, and height of 

 Pass 17,000 feet above the sea. 



A few hundred feet below the Pass, on a level plain, I saw a single 

 Kiang or wild horse ; and by sending men to the right and left I was 

 enabled to approach within 200 yards of the animal. The Kiang then 

 moved off and I followed, and when he turned to look at me I stood 

 still, and followed him again as he moved. After repeating this three 

 different times I got within about 180 yards of him, and taking a 

 steady aim, I struck him six inches b ehind the shoulder, the ball 

 passing clean through him and striking the ground beyond. The ani- 

 mal then scampered off for about 200 yards reeled round, and fell over 

 heavily to the ground. "When I came up to him he was quite dead. 

 The ball had passed through his heart — a lucky shot for a fowling piece 

 at 180 yards. This animal, which is the Equus Hemionus of Pallas, 

 and the Equus Kiang of Moorcroft, is very common about this part of 

 the country. 



From the top of the Pass the road was an easy descent for \\ miles 

 to Lamzung, a halting-place on a small clear stream which feeds a salt 

 lake lying to the eastward about 2 miles. This lake escaped the notice 

 both of Trebeck and of Gerard, although it is about 3 miles long by \\ 

 mile broad. It is called Chokhar, or the salt lake, and the salt is seen 

 in sparkling crystals all around its edge. The people say it has no 

 outlet, which will account for its saltness. It has several feeders on the 

 eastern side, besides one on the northern side. 



From Lamzung a slightly undulating road for about a mile led to 

 the Chakshang rivulet which comes from the snow to the westward and 

 turning sharply to the southward flows into the Chumureri lake, — of 

 which it is the principal feeder at its Northern end. A slight ascent 

 from the Chaksang led over a low point, and the road then descended 



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