viii CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I 7. THE DWELLERS IN THE MOUNTAINS ... 54 



18. OUR FIRST CAMP 57 



19. RAM SHEIK, THE COOK . . . . . . 59 



20. THE FIRST NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS . . . 6 1 



21. A STRUGGLE WITH GRASS-SHOES .... 64 



22. COREL 67 



23. COLONEL WARD'S BOOK ON CASHMERE GAME . . 71 



24. THE PUNCH PASS 74 



25. THE PIR PUNJAL 77 



26. SPRING IN THE VALLEY 8 1 



27. AFTER A BLACK BEAR . .... 83 



28. FORTY WINKS 86 



29. A GOOD BAG 87 



30. A MOUNTAIN PARADISE 88 



31. LALI, THE RED SHEEP 91 



32. A RUSSIAN PRINCE 94 



33- THAR . 97 



34. CAPTURING A RED BEAR IOO 



35. COLONEL WARD ON THE MARKHOR . . . .105 



PART III 

 IN THE REALMS OF THE MARKHOR 



36. THE NUMLAH NULLAH IO 9 



37. IN THE SNOW-BOUND REALMS OF THE MARKHOR . 112 



38. AVALANCHES AND LANDSLIPS 115 



39. A FREEZING NIGHT Il8 



