After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia; . DUCK SHOOTING ?93 Zaissan, there were two passes into the BashkaousValley, and he strongly recommended the KoukouriouPass, to which, in our ignorance of the country, weagreed. The other way, he said, was much longer,and the path more difficult for the ponies. In the. ?ACKlNi; HORN:- afternoon of the 17th August we had finished ourpreparations, and went out Duck shooting on one ofthe numerous lakes of the Kosh-Agatch steppe. Istill hoped to get the rare Duck I had been asked tolook for by Mr. Alpheraki, but though we shotseveral, they were all of co

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After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia; . DUCK SHOOTING ?93 Zaissan, there were two passes into the BashkaousValley, and he strongly recommended the KoukouriouPass, to which, in our ignorance of the country, weagreed. The other way, he said, was much longer, and the path more difficult for the ponies. In the. ?ACKlNi; HORN:- afternoon of the 17th August we had finished ourpreparations, and went out Duck shooting on one ofthe numerous lakes of the Kosh-Agatch steppe. Istill hoped to get the rare Duck I had been asked tolook for by Mr. Alpheraki, but though we shotseveral, they were all of common species. Littledale 294 AFTER WILD SHEEP IN THE ALTAI wounded a Wild Swan. After dinner the Russianofficial paid us a visit, and having learnt from himthat the species of Duck I wanted was not uncommonin the country, I left with him my coloured plate ofthe bird, together with three or four skinning knives, and in return got his solemn promise that, withinthree months, I should receive a skin of the Duck inquestion at St. Petersburg. Two years have sinceelapsed, and the Duck has not yet been heard of! Next morning we said good-bye to Kosh-Agatch, and, crossing the Tchouia River, which we now foundfordable, followed it down along the Ongoudai path.We pitched camp, after a twenty-five versts march, at t