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PORTRAIT OF AUTHOR WITH SHIKARIS AND TROPHIES Frontispiece 

 Kashmiri primulas ........ I 



LOOKING UP THK SINDH VALLEY FROM SONAMARG, KASHMIR 

 AT THE FOOT OF THE ZOGI-LA RAVINE, NEAR BALTAL 

 LOOKING BACK DOWN THE SINDH VALLEY (KASHMIR) FROM 

 BALTAL ...... ... 



CROSSING THE ZOGI-LA ....... 



THE ZOGI-LA 



LADAKHI WOMAN AND CHILD 



Kashmiri Iris ......... 



A BALTI COOLIE 



BALTI ROADWAY 



A CORNER ON THE INDUS ROAD 



"JHULA" BRIDGE AT KHARTAKSHO . . 



JHULA BRIDGE OVER RIVER INDUS 



INDUS ROAD, "BETWEEN KHARMANG AND TOLTI" 

 CROSSING THE SHYOK RIVER ON ZAKS (SKIN RAFTS) . 

 LOOKING UP THE HUSHE NALAH . . , 



MARMOT 



SHYOK VALLEY FROM MACHILU 



IBEX GROUND 



VILLAGE IN THE HUSHE NALAH DOLOMITE PEAKS . 

 SIDE NALAH OFF THE HUSHE VALLEY .... 



SUNRISE ON MASHERBRUM 



"THE OLD BUCKS APPEARED" 



" I RAISED MY RIFLE AND FIRED AT THE BIG ONE " . 

 VIEW IN SIDE NALAH OFF THE HUSHE VALLEY. 



" WE CAMPED IN THE MIDDLE OF QUITE A WOOD " 



A SNOW BRIDGE ........ 



WILD COLUMBINE (BALTISTAN) 



CAMP BELOW CHORBAT-LA (STORMY WEATHER ON THE 



GLACIER) ......... 



CROSSING THE CHORBAT-LA (17,000 FEET) FROM BALTISTAN 



INTO LADAKH 



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