IBEX SHOOTING ON THE 

 HIMALAYAS 



CHAPTER I 



PRELIMINARIES 



I HAD been given one year's leave, and 

 had made up my mind to spend five months 

 of it shooting in the Himalayas, and the 

 rest in England. 



As the dates between which it fell were 

 the 7th of February, 1895, an< ^ ^ e 7 tn f 

 February, 1896, I determined to go first to 

 Cashmere, and then to England. 



The land of the ibex lies to the north of 



the ranges which bound the Cashmere valley 



proper on the north ; the passes leading into 



it are usually closed by snow till the middle 



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