CHAPTER XXIII 



COLONEL WARD'S BOOK ON CASHMERE GAME 



ONCE more back in camp I find letters awaiting me 

 thanks to the friendly ministrations of the Tassildar 

 of Uri. 



" Bad weather," " A wet, cold summer," " We still 

 have fires going," is part of the news from home, in 

 letters dated May 5th. 



There is also a letter from Joe Phelps from Srinagar, 

 whence comes the complaint, " Terrible drought, un- 

 bearable heat." He sends me a pamphlet written by 

 his predecessor, Colonel Ward, who for thirty years 

 had hunted and shot in the Himalayas as chief overseer 

 of the Government preserves in Cashmere. There 

 is a good deal of instruction to be got out of that 

 little book. 



" Corel : the chamois of Central Asia. It is to 

 be found on all the heights at the beginning of the 

 Himalayas. Very shy and quick, and quite at home 

 on most difficult ground, this graceful animal affords 

 excellent sport. Its horns are straight, and resemble 

 in shape and size those of its European cousin." 



