CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IX 



MAY 1-12 HONUSPA TO KIIALTAR 



Shikari's tea — Search for camp — Honuspa nala — Ibex near camp — Bad miss— Same 

 herd next day — ^Difficult stalk — Very long shots — Two ibex bagged — Unsuc- 

 cessful days — Hard day on the 5th — Moved camp on 6th — Got third ibex — 

 Merg nala — Khaltar nala — Moved higher up on 9th — Heavy rain — Bear skin 

 brought in — Moved camp to side nala — Setting sun on Haramosh peak — Ibex 

 horns found — Small herd with good buck seen — Long stalk — Successful — 

 Fourth ibex — Great vitality of ibex Page 123 



CHAPTER X 



MAY 13-19 KHALTAR TO JUTYAI- 



Fifth and sixth ibex shot — Plateau between Khaltar and Jutyal— Horns and skins 

 sent to Srinagar — Seventh and eighth ibex shot — Severe climb — Jutyal village 

 — Blank days — Great glacier — Ice-blocks — Dangerous place — Three ibex — 

 Ninth and tenth ibex shot — Flies . . . . . • .150 



CHAPTER XI 



MAY 20-30 JUTYAL TO KUTYAL 



blank day — March to Kutyal — Wet — No camp— Sheep-pens — Haramosh by 

 moonlight— The Round Gorge— Markhor— Ibex — Rain— Herd very wary — 

 Hard stalk on 26th— Failed — Moved camp on 27th — The same ibex again — 

 Sleeping in the snow — Eleventh ibex — Second red bear . . .167 



CHAPTER XII 



MAY 31 TO JUNE 12 KUTYAL TO MISHKIN 



Moved camp— Snow leopard— Failure— Twelfth ibex— Photographs— Moved camp 

 down nala— Barchu — Darsu—Sarsal— Discussion as to route to be next taken 

 —Spare luggage to be sent to Astor— No water on Burma — Rain-water used — 

 March to snow — Blank days— Churi Lat— Sarkondbari Lake— Threatened 

 desertion of coolies — Actual desertion at Bunji— Change of route— Maya Dass 

 — Rondu Mishkin ^^5 



