That we are still very deficient in suitable beasts for mountain operations. is shown by the tremendous mortality during the lust two months among the Lucian-bred mules and other baggage animals used in Tibet. The "Indian Field" remarks that one antagonists in Tibet possess in their unkempt queer-looking steeds, the nucleus of a breed of mounts for mount.in warfare that would itn fact, from all accounts the Tibetan horse is identical with the speedy. hardy. and enduring beasts on which the Russian Cossacks from the Ukraine are mounted.
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