SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR 



CHAPTER V 



APRll. 8-12 THURGON TO GARMPANI 



Jebb passes us— Tehsildar of Skardo— Starting to race— Komara—Tsurri— Major 

 Hewat— Ponies sent back— Bad going in the dark— Gorbidas— Long day's 

 march — Meaning of "road" in Baltistan— Ladders— Narrow part of road— 

 Rondu — Rope bridges — Start on ponies— Bad going— Local pipes — Major 

 Morland's coolie — Bridge at Tak — Malupur— Dangerous track — Shongus — 

 Garmpani — The hot spring ....... Page 56 



CHAPTER VI 



APRIL 13-19 GARMPANI TO BURME 



Sarsal — Tossing for choice of nalas — Map of the Great Bend of the Ipdus— Sarsal 

 Fort — Chess-board — Start up the Burme — The mid-day halt necessitated by 

 the habits of ibex and markhor — View from Burme Range — Camp at the 

 snow -line— Bedding — First stalk after markhor — Bad shot — Markhor in 

 afternoon ........... 76 



CHAPTER Vn 



APRIL 20-26 BURME TO .SHUT 



Markhor again seen — Long wait watching — Stalk — Bad ground — First markhor shot 

 — Three big ones go off — Mistakes made — Small head — Three markhor seen — 

 And lost — View of Deobani and Haramosh — Changed camp — View of Gilgit 

 — Camp by Indus — March to Honuspa via Sarsal — Shut — View of Gilgit valley 

 — Markhor seen — Long climb down — Second markhor killed — Horns smashed 

 — Long climb back .......... 91 



CHAPTER VHI 



APRII> 27-30 SHUT TO HONUSPA 



Herd of four markhor^Magnificent view — Third markhor shot — Horns of second 

 markhor found — First red bear — Herd of eight ibex — Inaccessible — Shelter in 

 cave — Cold 109 



