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CHAPTER XXL 



PREPAEE TO REVISIT TRANS-HIMALAYAN REGIONS SIRKANDADEVI A 

 GOOD OMEN TEHREE AND ITS RAJAH EXTRAORDINARY DISPLAY 

 OF FIREFLIES 8RINUGGUR, GURHWAL A PEST OF SCORPIONS 

 MAHAMURREE, OR THE GREAT DISEASE VILLAGES DESERTED OWING 

 TO ITS RAVAGES PERILOUS ENDEAVOURS OF THE LATE DR F. 

 PEARSON TO ARREST ITS PROGRESS A CHARACTERISTIC EPISODE 

 PUDDOO THE BHOTIAS KILL A 30-LB. MAHSEER IN THE PINDAR 

 AN EVENING'S FISHING IN THE NANDAKNI VILLAGE OF JOSHIMUTT 

 A HINDU POPE "SANGA" BRIDGES ROAD THRONGED WITH PIL- 

 GRIMS SHRINE OF VISHNU AT BADRINATH ITS WILD SURROUND- 

 INGS THE RAOL, OR HIGH PRIEST CURIOUS NATURAL BRIDGE 

 SACRED WATERFALL A NIGHT'S EXPERIENCES AT 18,000 FEET OF 

 ELEVATION WE WATCH FOR TAHR A COVEY OF CHUCKOR IN THE 

 WAY MOONLIGHT AND SUNSET EFFECTS ON THE SNOW THE PEAK 

 OF NANDADEVI A BEAR IN THE CORN UP THE VALLEY OF THE 

 DOULEE CASCADE OF BINGAREEBEYL A LEGEND OF IT AN 

 "ENCHANTED" GLEN BAD GROUND OUR COOLIES OBJECT TO PRO- 

 CEED PUDDOO'S PERSUASIVE POWERS A PRECARIOUS POSITION 

 AN UNPLEASANT NIGHT IN AN EERIE SITUATION A MYSTERIOUS 

 OLD TAHR A SANCTUARY FOR GAME MUSK-DEER A GRAND SUR- 

 PRISE SUPERB SNOW -SCENE DOONAGIRI PURBAT OLD TAHR 

 BUCKS THEIR ECCENTRIC GAMBOLS THE EVIL GENIUS OF THE 

 GLEN DOGS OUR FOOTSTEPS UP AMONG THE CLOUDS A SHORT 

 CUT NOT ALWAYS THE QUICKEST SURPRISE A MUSK-DEER IN THE 

 MIST OVERTAKEN BY DARKNESS A RATHER PERILOUS DESCENT 

 WELCOME ASSISTANCE. 



IT might naturally be supposed that, after the experiences 

 of one visit to trans-Himalayan regions, nobody would be in 

 a hurry to return to those cold and desolate steppes. It is 

 not so, however, with such as are imbued with a taste for 

 wandering among Nature's wild and wonderful works. What- 



