Lexicographical Neighbors of Kyangs
Literary usage of Kyangs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Pekin to Sikkim Through the Ordos, the Gobi Desert and Tibet by Jacques Lesdain (1908)
"Yaks and antelopes galloped past on every side, and kyangs, full of curiosity,
came to graze with our mules. It was this very curiosity, ..."
2. Western Tibet and the British Borderland: The Sacred Country of Hindus and by Charles Atmore Sherring, Thomas George Longstaff (1906)
"kyangs, or wild asses, are seen everywhere, and form the food of many ...
had three large kyangs at one time in his own possession, which all worked. ..."
3. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1894)
"We saw a herd of kyangs or wild horses and some antelope standing near a lake,
but to approach them was impossible, owing to the extremely boggy nature of ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"Numerous herds of Tibetan steppe-horses were met with here, also kyangs and
mountain sheep, the stately Ovis ..."
5. Narratives of the mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the journey of by George Bogle, Clements R. Markham, Thomas Manning (1876)
"We also met with some hares, and a flock of antelopes,1 besides a herd of wild
animals called kyangs ..."
6. Visits to High Tartary, Yârkand, and Kâshgar (formerly Chinese Tartary): And by Robert Shaw (1871)
"Whilst pitching camp, found the place occupied by a herd of nearly 100 ' kyangs' (or
wild asses), which stayed within 200 yards of us watching our ..."
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