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Buldar are disturbed least of all, as it is no man's land 

 and is seldom visited ; for this reason, large heads are sure 

 to be found there at the beo-inninc; of the season. 



Second is the mountain range that culminates above the 

 Parishing stream, and, running first in a north-westerly 

 and then in a southerly direction, past Bunji, ends in 

 the loop formed by the Indus opposite the village of 

 Haramosh. This range drains on the south-west into the 

 Astor, and on the north-east into the Indus from Eondii 

 in Baltisttin downwards. The whole length is about fifty 

 miles. The valleys on either slope are numerous, but 

 they are not of any length and are generally confined. 

 Those on the Astor side are the most known, and have been 

 shot over so much year after year that a good head has 

 become a rarity. The animals have no refuge on this side, 

 as they have in the Buldar on the opposite range. They 

 are constantly harried, not only by sportsmen from 

 Kashmir, but by every local shikari who has a gun, by 

 shepherds wandering with their flocks, and by sepoys 

 from the garrisons at Astor and Bunji and the troops 

 passing up and down this route. Most of the shooting is 

 done by the natives during the winter time, and by the 

 European sportsmen during the summer months. The 

 former never spare the females, and so the markhor are 

 slaughtered all the year round in these Astor valleys 

 without any intermission. It is no matter for surprise, 

 therefore, that good heads have almost entirely disappeared. 

 The following valleys were the best localities on the side 

 of the Astor river : — (1) Garai and Amatabar ; (2) Dichal ; 



(3) Shaltar ; (4) Dachnar, Dachkat, or Missigan ; (5) 

 Bdnji valley : and on the Indus side, or north-eastern 

 slope of the range — (1) Jachi ; (2) Daroth ; (3) Baltari ; 



(4) Ballachi. 



I have not visited these grounds during recent years. 

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