CONTENTS 



PART I 

 A ST OR, KASHMIR 



PAGK 



Introductory 1 



CHAPTER I 



JOURNEY TO THE SHOOTING GROUND 



Sopar to Bandpiira — Present condition of the village — A globe- 

 trotter and his bag — The start — Lagging coolies — A Panjabi 

 fakir on the tramp — My first brown bear — A tramp in the dark — 

 Bagtor village— The Krishganga vallej'— A good find for stags 

 — Elastic bridge — Sharafa's predicament — The Gagai nala — 

 Crossing the pass— A British colonel — A snowstorm — Marmai 

 and its inhabitants — Procuring transport — Description of the 

 place — Village of Diril — Village of Chhagam— Nanga Parbat — 

 Colony of Kashmiri horse-thieves — Gurikot — Wazir Rozi Khan's 

 family — Evening tea — A British sportsman on his return — 

 Astor — Wazir Rozi Khan — His wife subsidised by the Maharajah 4 



CHAPTER II 



THE FRONTIER DISTRICT OF ASTOR 



Boundaries of the district — The Astor river — The valley — General 

 aspect of the country — The people of Astor — The Diirds — Their 

 repugnance to the cow — Government of the DSrd nation — Forts 

 of Astor and Bunji — Civil administration — The game animals of 

 Astor — The nmrkhor — The ibex — The urin— The brown bear — 

 Localities frequented by game . . . . . . . 17 



