xiv SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR 



CHAPTER XXI 



SEPTEMBER 2 2-2 8 T.EH TO RUMROK 



The Rumbok nala — Unicha — Hospitality at Zinchan — Four uryal — Two cartridges 

 burst — One uryal leaves herd — Bad ground occupied by uryal — Blank days 

 — Burhel seen on 26th — Easy shot missed — Head of uryal hit on 23rd brought 

 in — Herd of seventeen burhel seen — Risky stalk — First burhel — Tarkum sub- 

 nala ........... Page 376 



CHAPTER XXn 



SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 1 7 RUMBOK TO SRINAGAR 



Tarkum sub-nala — Second and third burhel — Zinchan — Farka — \Yind and snow — 

 The three uryal — Failure of stalk — The same uryal on the 2nd — One wounded 

 — Pursued all day on 3rd, but in vain — Hard day — Nimu — Rupsang paid 

 off — Prayer-wheel at Bazgo — -Fotu La — Zogi La— Rest-houses at Machahoi and 

 Baltal — Scenery of the Sind valley — Autumn colours — Srinagar . . 397 



CHAPTER XXni 



OCTOBER 18 TO DECEMBER I SRINAGAR AND TRAAL 



House-boat — Start for stag shooting — Traal Reserve — Pleasant woods — Stags seen — 

 Camp in northern glen — Blank days — Camp at top of the ridge — Family of bears 

 — Male wounded — Tracking next day — Bear bagged — A good ten-pointer stag 

 — Successful stalk — The Kajnag markhor — Telegram recalling me — Leave 

 Kashmir — Details of total bag . . . . . . . .412 



CHAPTER XXIV 



GENERAL HINTS 



Hints only for those who do not know Kashmir — Sportsman should settle what game 

 he will go for — Colonel Ward's book for localities — Importance of arriving early 

 and travelling fast — A good shikari should be secured — The chota shikari a 

 fraud — Ladak shikaris — Cook — Permanent coolies — Pay of servants — Rasad — 

 Currency notes — Changing notes in the interior ..... 429 



