CONTENTS. XI 



CHAPTER VII. 



On the Chipla— Its general features— Right and left at tahr and 

 gooral — Dangerous footing — Kurbeer has a narrow escape — 

 A welcome haven — Annual burning of the dry grass on tlie 

 mountains— A herd of old buck tahr — Difficulties of a down- 

 hill stalk— A tremendous drop — Wounded tahr lost in the 

 mist — Bad weather — An awkward bit — Sensations on bad 

 ground — A chance lost — Salt-licks — Tartar nomads — Moun- 

 tain belles — Best season for tahr-shooting, . . .79 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Start for Cashmere — Best season for ibex-hunting — The beautiful 

 Jhelum — A reason for her caprices — Ancient ruins— First 

 glimpse of the Vale — Srinuggur — Cashmere shikarees — Origin 

 of the shawl pattern — Islamabad — Ramzan Meer — The true 

 shikaree and the impostor — A narrow escape — Nouboog Nye 

 — The Mergun pass — ^'Puttees" and "poolas" — Marmots — 

 Wurdwan — Two bears, right and left — The Himalayan brown 

 bear — Making " poolas " — Stormy weather — A wild night — 

 An ugly customer in an awkward position — Heavy snowfall 

 — Avalanches — Marroo— An earthquake — A patriarchal old 

 buck — Anguish — The Himalayan ibex — Ramzan's idea of ibex 

 alighting on their horns — A frugal repast, 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Furriabadee glen — Hot spring — Watching ibex — Disturbing 

 a family party — Bear cubs ; too young to shoot, but too old 

 to be caught— Benighted on the hill — Forest, fell, and flood — 

 Snow -slopes — A long and difficult stalk — Counting one's 

 chickens before they are hatched — The impostor ruins our 

 chance — " Vanity and vexation of spirit " — " Dook " — A herd 

 of splendid ibex — Old Ramzan's way of steadying my nerves 

 — His grievous disappointment — Luck at last — More big bucks 

 — Satisfaction all round — Black-bear shooting in the mul- 

 berry-groves — Old Mirza ; surgeon and barber — A hummam 

 in Srinuggur — A strange presentiment sadly fulfilled — Fishing 

 in the Jhelum — Prohibited in certain places — The reason why 

 — Dolce far niente — Shawl- weavers, . . . .113 



