XIV CONTENTS. 



wild horse. — The Chushal Valley. — Ovis Ammon. — The 

 Kailas Eange. — Bunchowr shooting. — Ladak. — The Budd- 

 hist monastery of Hemis. — Praying machines. — The route 

 to Cashmere. — Serinnugger. — The Shalimar Gardens. — The 

 Lake. — Social gatherings. — Ferishta's description of 

 earthly bliss. — Islamabad and the Ruins of Martund. — The 

 game of Cashmere. — A beautiful scene. — Short-sighted 

 policy. — Kindred spirits. — The triumvirate broken. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



A Run for Life ; or, the Fox's Account of a 



Sharp Burst ..... 214 



The old style of teaching the young idea. — Variety.— Silistria 

 and Colonel Grach. — Iskinder Bey. — Prospects of plunder. 

 — The passage of the Danube. — A dilemma. — A cool attire, 

 — Discouraging news. — My chum. — A reconnaisance of the 

 enemy's camp. — A hare, dogs, and hunter caught. — " The 

 gipsy in trouble." — " Where there's a will there's a way." 

 — An ambuscade. — " A strategic movement to the rear." — 

 Double ! — " A ruse de guerre." — An exciting burst.— " Pace 

 and metal required." — " Nil desperandum." — "A last 

 chance." — The crisis. The tables changed. — Good fellow- 

 ship amongst the brothers of St. Hubert. 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Two Chargers, "Le Diable Rouge" and 



"Desert Born" . . . . .238 



My hobby. — On the treatment of horses. — A description of 

 "Desert-Born," a Nedjed Arab. — The Friends. — "The 

 soldiers' battle" and its results. — "Khomseo" horses. — 

 Bou Maza. — My second charger, — "Le Diable Eouge" 

 finds his master. 



