438 



BIG GAME SHOOTING 



ox 



and SevertzofiPs introduction 

 of, to Europe, 368 ; a stalk in 

 the Southern Pamir, 373-376 ; 

 head in the possession of Sir 

 Frederick Roberts, 374 ; vi- 

 tahty, 375 

 Ox, Burmese wild (Gavaeus 

 sondaicus), 248 ; measure- 

 ments, 249 



Pack-ponies, routine of a day's 

 march with, 389 



Pack-saddles, 380 



Pamir, the, T^, 74, 291; Marco 

 Polo's description of, 363 ; 

 Chinese pilgrims' account, 

 364 ; routes to, 364, 365 ; 

 Russian opposition to English 

 travellers, 364 ; character of 

 the country, 365 ; stalking 

 the Ovis Poli in, 366-376 ; 

 the Boortsa eurotia, 373 ; 

 Kirghiz yourts, 374 



Pangi, India, 224 



Pangong Lake, 250 



Panther (Felis pardus), habitat, 

 218 ; a universal nuisance, 

 218; methods of killing, 219; 

 measurements, 225 



Panther, clouded (Felis diardii 

 vel macrocelis), 221 ; mea- 

 surerrient, 225 



Para (hogdeer), 261 



Paradox, the, 35 note, 399-401, 



405 

 Parfleches, 380 

 Pasang (ibex), 321 

 Passop (Lapp dog), 145, 151 

 Patiala, Maharajah of, adventure 



with a trapped tiger, 210 

 Paul, Mr., 196 

 Peasant-shoots, 78 ; in North 



Tyrol, 82 

 Pechinka Fiord, 156 

 l*egu, 334 

 Percy, Lieut. -Col. Reginald 



Heber, on Indian shooting, 



182 et seq. 

 Percy, Major Algernon Heber, 



on brown bear hunting, 154- 



PRO 



169; shooting aurochs at Biol- 



vitskia, 167-173 

 Persia, 228, 283, 321, 342 

 Peshawur, 304 

 Phasis, the, 35 

 Phillipps-Wolley, Clive, on 



shooting bear and tur in the 



Caucasus, 22-64 ; on the 



equipment and transport of a 



camp, 377-393 

 Phoca hispida, 9 

 Picket pegs, 380 

 Picos de Europa, Cantabrian 



highlands, 179 

 Piebald bear of Eastern Thibet.- 



See Bears 

 Pigmy hog. See Hog, pigmy 

 Pij (gooral), 329 

 Pike, Arnold, on walrus and' 



polar bear hunting, 1-21 

 Pilibhit, India, 265 

 Pilis Mountains, Carpathians,. 



115 

 Pir Punjal Mountains, 313, 325,.. 



327, 329 



Pisai (mouse deer), 360 



Pisora (mouse deer), 360 



Plains of India, the : best weap- 

 ons for use in, 182 ; tents, 

 183; outfit, 183; transport, 

 183 ; servants, 185 ; shooting, 

 grounds, 185 



Plastouns (Caucasian boar hunt- 

 ers), 32 



Plaza de Almanzor, 179 



Pliny, on the elk, 123 



Poland, 167 



Polar bear, 15; food, 16; 

 habits, 17 ; size and weight,. 

 18; haunts, 18; phases of 

 hunting, 19-21 



Ponies, buying and hiring, ia 

 North America, 379 ; weight 

 to carry, 379 



Poti, 35 



Pottinger, Sir Henry, Bart., oi^ 

 the Scandinavian elk, 123- 153, 



Prejevalski, M., 299 



Prince Consort, the, 100 



Provisions for five men for a twc^ 

 months' expedition, 383 



