XVI CONTENTS. 



manoeuvres — The Sutlej — The Lai Daka — Venison for 

 camp — How we caught a dish of fish — A study in ento- 

 mology — Emharras des richesses — The Dukka hills — Mis- 

 fortunes will happen — They never come single — A cruelly 

 cold morning in June — Large flock of big rams — In the nick 

 of time — A most enjoyable smoke — After a wounded ram — 

 Intruders on the scene — Just too late — A bewildered flock — 

 A tantalising opportunity — A tiresome trudge — Welcome rest, 320 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Sudden change of temperature — An unexpected event — A brother 

 sportsman turns up — " It never rains but it pours " — We try a 

 little fish-poaching — A welcome post-bag — Burrell again — 

 Waiting for a ram to rise — " Jlabet" — A nursery of wild 

 sheep — A long chase — A lucky fluke — Our Hoonya escort 

 departs — Bed of fossils — Tibetan doumie — Afternoon tea — 

 The way it was made — Dice-throwing — A token of goodwill 

 from the Jongpen — Tibetan method of curing butter — A 

 trying job — Recross Niti pass — Bhotia whisky — Puddoo im- 

 bibes rather freely — A bit of advice — A change for the better — 

 Puddoo & Co. celebrate their return home — A transformation- 

 scene in the theatre of nature — Ramnee — Farewell to the 

 grand old Himalayas, ...... 337 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



Containing a few hints concerning kit, camp-equipage, &c., for a 

 Himalayan hunting-trip, which, to the young hand, may be 

 useful, ........ 351 



Index, . . . . . . . .357 



