CONTENTS. 



A forenoon's sport in the Surjoo Best months and Lest 

 flies for mahseer-fishing in the Himalayan rivers Fishing 

 theories, ..... 21 



CHAPTER IV. 



Delightful climate Start for Dhuj " Baloo Mar," the village 

 Nimrod The gooral, or " Himalayan chamois " Albino 

 gooral A strange coincidence Up Dhuj Sunrise over the 

 snowy range Game in sight " Buck fever " and its usual re- 

 sult Kill a buck Kalleege pheasants Wild pigs The cheer 

 pheasant Singular effect of morning mist Securing a trouble- 

 some specimen A bold intruder The koklass pheasant and 

 the pewra partridge A chance shot in the dim moonlight 

 Baloo ! Almost too close to be pleasant The surrow A 

 drive for jurrow Village curs Wild dogs A cruel lesson, . 33 



CHAPTER V. 



A " dirty " way of killing jurrow An artificial salt-lick Old 

 Jeetoo Watch for a leopard We try a ruse An airy night's 

 lodging An exciting moment Bad luck Jeetoo tries to pro- 

 pitiate the mountain spirit A splendid stag Tracking 

 Shooting at night A sight for night-work A carrion-eating 

 tiger We watch for him A man-eating leopard A hunt after 

 a feline demon, . . . . . . .48 



CHAPTER VI. 



Start for the higher ranges The Chipla mountain The tahr Its 

 flesh and bones used as medicine An enormous wild cat 

 " Peepsa " flies Agriculture and agriculturists on the higher 

 ranges My first day's sport on the Chipla A picturesque 

 bivouac Exorcising an evil spirit A long and weary climb 

 Beautiful rhododendrons Horned argus-pheasant We try 

 a stalk for pork An uncomfortable bed, and the way we 

 improved it Moonal pheasants Bad ground An awkward 

 climb Two dangerous experiments Primitive tobacco-pipes 

 Light and shade effects on the mountains The great 

 bearded vulture The musk-deer and its scent-bag A snow- 

 storm The valley of the Kallee or Sarda, . . .62 



