HUNTING THE WILD YAK 
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brought a better proportioned animal to the ground. 
Nevertheless the men chopped out the best pieces of the 
meat with their axes, as well as the tongue. The latter 
served me for breakfast for several days, and was excellent 
eating. The flesh on the contrary was tough, sorry stuff, 
and had to be boiled several times over before it became 
anything like tender ; but this was also partly the result 
of the rarefied atmosphere, for water boiled at about 180° 
Fahr. We also took the tail, and the long fringes of hair, 
which the men wove into ropes and cords. Further they 
A DEAD WILD YAK.-COW 
arranged some of the hair underneath the front part of 
their hats to shade their eyes against the sun. 
Whilst we were busy with the dead yak, another cow 
approached wdthin a hundred and fifty yards, then stopped 
and gazed at us in amazement. Our dogs, ignorant of the 
noble art of venerie, chased her away, and off she went at 
a good jog-trot over the hills. 
Towards evening we caught sight of a magnificent 
animal, grazing alone, but near the horses, to which 
however he seemed to pay no heed. Islam Bai, whose 
