72 THE MARKHOR 



The Colonel mentions no less than twenty-eight 

 different kinds of horned and antlered game to be 

 found amongst the Cashmere Mountains : stags, goats, 

 ibex, chamois, sheep, and antelopes of all breeds. He 

 describes the manifold varieties of head-attire existing 

 amongst them all sizes, all shapes. What a freak 

 of Nature ! 



" In the width and thickness of its antlers and 

 branches the barasingh of Cashmere is not far be- 

 hind the wapiti. And where is the sportsman whose 

 heart will not beat harder when stalking the markhor, 

 at sight of this king of the rocks, with his majestic, 

 spreading, twisting horns, peculiar to himself ! " 



I come across such names as : " Ibex, thar, seror, 

 gorel, ovisammon, ovispolei, oorial, charpoo, narpoo, 

 burheel, sambur, musk-deer, barking-deer, heran- 

 antelope, guttarosa-antelope, etc. etc." Deer, stags, 

 sheep, and goats of the most uncommon varieties 

 which live in the Cashmere Mountains, and, in 

 company with the yellow panther, the snow-panther, 

 black and red bears, wolves and wild dogs attract 

 legions of sportsmen to their wild home and spur 

 them on to deeds of daring enterprise. 



Cashmere ! A country three times as big as 

 Switzerland, and nearly three times as high ! Here 

 there is plenty of room for game of all sorts, and they 

 can find a home in any storey they choose in the 

 region of everlasting snow, in the land of rock, in 

 the bottomless chasms of the great heights, on the 



