. Shooting in the Himalayas. A journal of sporting adventures and travel in Chinese Tartary, Ladac, Thibet, Cashmere, &c . KOOXAWUE. 315 the others follomng him across in gallantstyle. We watched them through our glassesas far as we could see, down to the riverbeneath, across the stream, and up the steepside of the opposite mountain ; they held ontheir way, and never stopped even to lookback, whilst within our view. Before we crossed into Koonawur, we shotover some ground that appeared to promisegood sport, but saw nothing save a solitarymusk-deer, which we killed. As soon as Avehad entered Ko
. Shooting in the Himalayas. A journal of sporting adventures and travel in Chinese Tartary, Ladac, Thibet, Cashmere, &c . KOOXAWUE. 315 the others follomng him across in gallantstyle. We watched them through our glassesas far as we could see, down to the riverbeneath, across the stream, and up the steepside of the opposite mountain ; they held ontheir way, and never stopped even to lookback, whilst within our view. Before we crossed into Koonawur, we shotover some ground that appeared to promisegood sport, but saw nothing save a solitarymusk-deer, which we killed. As soon as Avehad entered Koonawur, our troubles as tocoolies and provisions commenced. It is oneof our own protected districts, and being ill-managed, we found nothing but incivility anrlextortion. At the very first village thejemadar would give us no coolies, althoughbound by his office to furnish them to tra-vellers. Irrespective of the impossibility ofmoving without them, it would never havedone to have passed over the mans insolentrefusal; so Colls, taking with him the Jum-nootrie men, went down to the village, andbrought the offfender up
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