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Among the Celestials : vol.1 |
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of the range is said to be a plateau of grass
land to which the wild camels resort. The
guide told me the wild camels keep away from
the caravan tracks and stay up in the mountains.
The Mongols follow them there and catch their
young, which they use for riding only, as the
camels will not carry a pack. Their legs are
thin, and the hair smooth. At three years old
they are said to be of the size of a horse ; at
five years, the size of a small tame camel.
The guide also said that there were wild
horses and what he called mules from this
district westward. I saw some of the so-called
wild mules through my telescope. They are
the kyang or wild asses of Ladak and Tibet,
and are in size about thirteen or fourteen hands,
and in colour a light bay, being brightest under
the belly. The head and tail were like a mule's,
the neck thick and arched. They trotted fast,
with a free, easy motion. The guide says the
horses go about in troops of two or three
hundred.
One evening Ma-te-la, the Mongol assistant,
was suddenly seen to shoot ahead at a great
pace, and, on asking, I found he was going
home. On he went, far away over the plain,
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