CONTENTS. 



Vago 



Arrive at Puliusuudj-a. — Ketuni to Derallee from Thibet. — 

 Scarcity of game. — One of our men drowned. — Dangerous 

 torrents. — Kedar vallev 148 



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Incessant rain. — Jalah. — Festival of tlie harvest home.— The 

 Deptha, or Ark. — Fairies. — How propitiated by the PuhaW'jes. 

 — Continued wet weather. — The wild dog. — Breeding-place. — 

 Succeed in snaring four puppies. — Their voracity. — Easily 

 domesticated. — How the young are brought up and fed. — Won- 

 derful in.stiuct of the wild dog. — Scarcity of supplies. — Hima- 

 layan pheasants. — The Argus pheasant. — Its excessive shyness 

 and cunning. — The Kalleege, Cheer, Cocklass, and Moouall. — 

 Pugnacity of the Kalleege. — Pheasant-shooting. — Extr.iordinaiy 

 fall of an old Tahir. — The serow. — Defends itself when brought 

 to bay. — Its strength and tenacity of life. — Wilson's struggle 

 with a serow. — Leave the hills and return to JuUunder . .171 



CHAPTEE IX. 



Long to revisit the hills. — Sir C. Napier's order. — A dak trip in 

 quest of leave of absence. — Jewala Mookee. — Sacred flame 

 and temple. — Hindoo legend. — Kote Kangra. — The fort.— 

 Manufacture of noses. — Start for the hills. — Our reception 

 by old fi'iends. — Puharrie danciug. — The efl'ect of the sun's 

 rays.- — Dandy. — Shooting at Jacka. — ^The Eupin pass. — Snow- 

 storm. — Emigrant Tartars. — Buspa valley. — Pleasant meeting. 

 — Asrung valley. — My first ibex. — How the flock was alarmed. 

 — Cold encampment. — Campbell's success. — Ibex-shooting. — 

 Dangerous walking. — Torches. — The^cheelj>ine. — An additional 

 walk. — The Pongee glacier. — ^Manerung pass. — lUness of our 

 men. — A mustard plaister. — Tartar villagers. — Spitee.— Magni- 

 ficent glacier. — Lahoul. — Joined by a friend.— Getting an ibex 

 out of a lye. — Rotunka pass. — Kooloo. — Our best day's sport 

 amongst the ibex. — The pai'ty break up. — DiflScult journey. — 

 Floods. — Bridge carried away. — Bit by a reirtile. — Return by 

 Kote Kangra to Jullunder. — Himalayan scenery. — Wilson's 

 reminiscences . 194 



