10 A NATURALIST IN HIMALAYA 



of Siberia ; and each autumn he will greet their sure 

 return. He will see a smaller host of local migrants 

 which in the cold of winter descend into the valleys 

 and in summer ascend to the higher and cooler hills. 

 In the glens, the fields, the gardens, the woods he will 

 find insects numerous and full of interest, and many 

 a happy hour he might spend with the living creatures 

 of the pools and streams. Fortunate is he who can 

 spend some years amongst the mountains of Southern 

 Hazara and amongst the living beings whose natural 

 history I shall endeavour to describe. 



