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situated beyond the Pang- Kong Lake in Little Thibet. I had sent 

 up from Kullu. to procure two dogs of enormous size, evidently of 

 the same breed as was described by Marco Polo as being of the size 

 of donkeys. One of these, however, had died, and the person de- 

 puted, thinking I should prefer a wild horse to a single dog, secured 

 it for me. At that time it had never been haltered or handled. It 

 was said to have been caught in a pit, and was much attached to a white 

 Chumurti ghoont, which alone it would follow. In December 1857 

 it was delivered to me in Kullu, but, the white ghoont being claimed 

 by a Tibetan Lama, I purchased a Tibetan mule to keep it company. 

 With this it did not agree, and the mule led anything but a happy 

 life. The Kiang would, however, follow it, and was always restless 

 unless it had some horse in company : of colours its preference was 

 for white. It always showed the greatest aversion to pass over any 

 of our vile wooden bridges ; and when its companion passed over the 

 bridge, waited until it saw that the latter had gained the opposite 

 bank, and then in a fearless manner it would plunge into the most 

 rapid stream and usually make a nearly straight course across. In 

 leaving Kullu to take it to Simla, it had to cross the river Biass, 

 which was at that season a foaming torrent, It plunged in, but was 

 carried down the stream several hundred yards, and landed upon 

 an island. Here it remained quietly all night until the following 

 morning, when I had to send the mule across to the island to tempt 

 it to follow to the shore, which it did. It afterwards crossed a broad 

 part of the river with great ease, where it was less rapid. The Sutlej 

 was at this season so full and running at such a frightful pace, that 

 I deemed it advisable to throw the animal and secure it upon a raft, 

 which was with great difficulty got across. I then brought it into 

 Simla, where it gradually became accustomed to see more people and 

 (to it) strange sights. I kept it there during the whole of one rainy 

 season, although rather doubtful of the result, since Adolph Schla- 

 gintweit had given it as his decided opinion that the animal could 

 not live under an elevation of 10,000 feet above the level of the sea. 

 At Simla it was never a day sick. I thence had it marched to 

 Ferozepore. On reaching the plains it seemed rather inclined to 

 enjoy freedom, and I was obliged to have as many as four men to 

 hold and lead it ; and even then on several occasions it got away, but 

 was not very difficult to secure again. 



At Ferozepore I determined to get rid of the mule, which had 

 thitherto accompanied it, and to take it down to Kurrachi by water 

 in a boat purposely fitted up. When first I succeeded with much 

 difficulty in getting it on board, the hollow sound of the boards 

 beneath its feet so alarmed it that it cleared the side of the boat at 

 one spring, carrying hatch and all with it. I then turfed the bottom, 

 and by main force of many men pulled it again on board. It got 

 on well to Kothree, when I again disembarked it, to its great delight. 

 I then marched it across the country to Kurrachi ; but, as I sent 

 a strange horse with it, it was very uneasy, and, but for its old ser- 

 vant having accompanied it, would have run back to Kothree. 



After keeping it a month at Kurrachi, I took a passage in the 



