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424 ADVENTURES IN TIBET.
them one miserable little fish ! It had been an awful busi-
ness to them to get hold of even that one ; they declared
it had almost cost them their lives. But our night-watch-
men let the cat out of the bag. They told us that the
Tibetans waited until they saw a gull rise from the water
with a fish in its maw, and then flung stones at it until it
disgorged its prey.
It was now our turn to show the Tibetans our way of
catching fish. We put the boat together and set out our
nets below a little cascade. I and Ordek manoeuvred the
boat, and at the first cast we drew up 28 " beauties." The
Cossacks, who were angling from the bank, were equally
successful. The Tibetans squatted like black crows on
the hillsides, with their eyes and mouths wide open in
amazement ; they could not understand how anybody
could eat such detestable things as fish. I lived upon fish
for fully a week after.
It was a beautiful day and the country was charming.
But the shores of the Selling-tso swarmed, not only with
wild-duck, but with wild-geese. Kulans and orongo ante-
lopes grazed all over the steppes ; while eagles circled round
the summits of the wild and rugged mountain range which
lifted itself skyward immediately to the south ; nor did
the pretty little rock-pigeons exhibit any fear of them.
In the evening the Bombo came to my tent, followed by
thirty of his soldiers. He brought me a present of two
sheep and three pails of milk, and in return I allowed him
to see the wonderful things we had with us ; and he went
away quite enraptured with the presents I gave him,
namely, a revolver, a pair of scissors, a knife, and a piece of
cloth.
The next day we continued southwards along the shore
of the Selling-tso, passing through an imposing sort of rock}^
gateway. I had pushed on ahead, when two of the men
came galloping after me to say that Kalpet was taken
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