438 



BIG GAME SHOOTING 



ox 



and Severtzoffs introduction 

 of, to Europe, 368 ; a stalk in 

 the Southern Pamir, 373-376 ; 

 head in the possession of Sir 

 Frederick Roberts, 374 ; vi- 

 tality, 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, 73, 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 killinj, 219; 

 measurements, 225 



Panther, clouded (Felis diardii 

 vel macrocelis), 221 ; mea- 

 surement, 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 

 1'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 5 on the 



equipment and transport of a 



camp, 377-393 

 Phoca hispida, 9 

 Picket pegs, 380 

 Picos de Europa, Cantabriarn 



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, i-2i 

 Pilibhit, India, 265 

 Pilis Mountains, Carpathians. 



. I1[ 5 



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,. 

 1 8 ; haunts, 18; phases of 

 hunting, 19-21 



Ponies, buying and hiring, in> 

 North America, 379 ; weight 

 to carry, 379 



Poti, 35 



Pottinger, Sir Henry, Bart., on> 

 the Scandinavian elk, 123-153, 



Prejevalski, M., 299 



Prince Consort, the, 100 



Provisions for five men for a two- 

 months' expedition, 383 



