and that is said that they will entirely de- populate a lion's roost in a single night if left to themselves. We caught several marmots and it was ten o'clock before we finally got away. From hunt became all the animals that I must be measured & numbered so that the two Chinese taxidermists could begin work. We decided to hunt for wild sheep and on the way to the hills we saw what appeared to be two antelope shot far from the tents - it dropped off my pony and with the glass saw- that each antelope were hystarks. It was in hopes of getting another male with its remarkable blue gular sac developed, as I thought Cuttsman shot erroneously, & Olga and when we were 150 yards away I gave a care- ful look with the binoculars. It could see no difference in them & so decided to take the rearward one. At my shot it dropped like lead but I was disappointed to find that it was a female. Of course the other flew off, I gave no time for a second shot. Sending the llama back to camp, with the bird we continued on to the hills. He rejoined us shortly and