CHAPTER II. 



Departure from the Dhoon. — The Himalayas.— Landour.—Phaidee. — Bala. — 

 The Kabur, or barking deer. — Why so called. — Its habits. — Singular 

 noise. — The Valley of the Ganges. — Dorassoo. — Beautiful scenery. — A 

 Julali, or suspension-bridge. — Mr. Wilson. — Collection of birds and skins. 

 — Hard work and difficult walking. — Tahir. — Himalayan forests. — Taliir 

 described. — The Gerow. — Rain and snow drive us from Benar.i. — 

 A tiger's tract. — After-dinner conversation. — Wilson's story. — A night 

 adventure with a tigress. 



Our sojourn in the Dhoon was merely a 

 prologue to the play. The Himalayas were 

 our object, and three weeks after leaving 

 Meerut we shook the dust of the plains off 

 our feet, and turned our faces to the hills. 

 We had added to our party two very good 

 fellows, who had been with us tiger-shooting. 

 By way of a beginning, we walked the seven 

 miles up hill to Landour, and remaining a 

 couple of days at that resort of grass- widows 

 and idle bachelors, real invalids, and those 

 only sick of the hot winds, we made our final 



