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wild sheep ( ovis ammon) is also met with, and is much larger 
than the domestic one. In the eastern parts of the country is a 
nondescript wild variety of horse, which I may call Equus Kiang. 
It is perhaps more of an ass than horse, but its ears are shorter, 
and it is certainly not the Gur-khor, or wild ass of Sindh. Its 
activity and strength render its capture difficult. A mouse, nearly 
three times the size of the English mouse, with a thick coat of 
grey fur, and a tail one-third of an inch long, is met with. Hares 
in some parts of Ladakh are found in considerable numbers, as has 
been noticed already ; and I obtained skins of the squirrel, fox, 
ounce, bear, lynx, and leopard, although I did not meet with them 
alive. The natives assert that there is a kind of tiger or jaguar 
in the mountains, though rarely visiting the valleys. The marmot 
was seen in considerable numbers on some of the mountain-passes 
in summer, but in winter it had vanished, slumbering amidst the 
snow. 
“ The birds are not numerous, nor in general remarkable. One 
of the largest is the raven, which is a fierce and powerful bird, of a 
lofty and active flight in summer, but sullen and dull in winter. 
Another large bird is the gigantic chakoe, which is much larger than 
the common partridge. Sparrows, linnets, and robin redbreasts, are 
numerous and mischievous at seed time and harvest. The crested 
skylark sings as sweetly as in England, and the gelinok or snow- 
lark frequents the higher regions. Water-birds of various descrip- 
tions haunt the pools and lakes which are dispersed through 
Ladakh. Fish abound in all the streams, but the chariness of life 
which is taught by the religion of Buddha prevents their being 
caught, notwithstanding they would form so important an accession 
to the means of subsistence available in such a region. 
“ One of the most important articles of the trade of Ladakh is 
shawl wool, of which it forms, in some degree, the source, but in a 
still greater the entrepot between the countries whence the wool is 
chiefly supplied, Rodokh and Chan-Kan, and that in which it is 
consumed, Kashmir. The wool is that of a domesticated goat, and 
consists of the under fleece, or that next the skin, beneath the 
outer coat or hair. The breed is the same in Ladakh as in Lassa, 
Great Thibet, and Chinese Turkistan; but the wool is not so fine 
as in the breeds of the districts on its eastern and northern fron- 
tier. The fleece is cut once a year, and the wool, coarsely picked 
either in the place from whence it comes, or at Le, is sold by the 
importers to the merchants at that city, by whom it is sent on to 
Kashmir. The Raja and Khalun deal extensively in this trade; 
but it is also shared by merchants both 'from Kashmir and Tunir. 
About eight hundred loads are annually exported to Kashmir, to 
which country, by ancient custom and engagements, the export is 
