CONTENTS. 



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I. BLACK PARTRIDGES 1 



II. THE HUNTING OP RAHMAT .... 22 



III. IBEX AND IBEX GROUND 34 



iv. IBEX (continued) ...... 49 



V. WILDFOWL IN SEISTAN 62 



VI. MORE ABOUT WILDFOWL . . <x . . . 82 



VII. AHU-GARDANI 99 



viii. AHU-GARDANI (continued) . . . . . 116 



IX. WILD SHEEP IN SEISTAN _ 128 



X. BY THE WAY 138 



XI. WILD SHEEP IN KHORASSAN .... 161 



XII. THE BUJNURD SHEEP 176 



XIII. MORE ABOUT THE BUJNURD SHEEP ... 194 



XIV. THE MARAL STAG ...... 209 



xv. THE MARAL STAG (continued) .... 223 



XVI. A HYRCAN TIGER 237 



XVII. ON THE ROAD TO THE CASPIAN 252 



APPENDIX I. THE SEISTAN LEOPARD . . . 267 



ii II. THE PERSIAN IBEX . . . 268 



III. THE BEZOAR STONE . . . 269 



IV. THE GAZELLES OF EASTERN PERSIA . 271 

 V. CORRESPONDENCE IN ' THE FIELD ' 



ABOUT THE BUJNURD SHEEP 278 



