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equality. — Womeu. — Marriage. — Polyandry. — Dress. — Habita- 

 tions. — Supplies to be procured in the villages. — Wild rhubarb, 

 currants, raspberries, and strawberries. — Apricot orchards. — 

 Vegetables. — Wild spinach and asparagus. — Edible fern. — 

 Morells. — Mushrooms. — Hermetically sealed provisions. — Yew- 

 bark tea. — Successful Sport. — " Many a slip 'twixt cup and 

 lip." — Recall to the plains. — Ferozepore. — Commencement of 

 the Punjab campaigns. — My brigade. — March to Mooltan. — 

 Apoplexy. — The Siege of Mooltan 102 



CHAPTER VI. 



Close of the Campaign. — Ordered to JuUunder. — Join Wilson in 

 the hills. — Coolies. — Tents. — Rifles. — Sookee. — Tienne Garde. 

 Bear-shooting. — The cave. — Tracking a wounded bear. — The 

 charge. — No rifle. — Showing a bold front. — Coolie wounded. — 

 The snow-bear. — Locality. — Description. — Habits and food. — 

 A Puh arrie and his wife. — Disadvantages of early rising. — 

 Gholab Sing. — Carnivorous propensities of bears. — The black 

 bear. — Its food and habits. — Bobs orchards, mills, and beehives. 

 — Attains to great size on the hills. — Their ferocity. — A bear's 

 hug. — Gangoutrie. — The Rudegeira valley. — Burrell-shooting. 

 — The Stalk. — A long shot and uncomfortable walk. — Return 

 to Derallee. — Preparations for Koonawur. . . . .120 



CHAPTER VII. 



The Neila valley, or, " Vale of Flowers." — A bear and her cub. — 

 Sickness in our camp. — Lofty pass. — Torrents. — Snow-storm. — 

 Shelter in a cave. — Buspa valley. — Chenee. — Clapcott leaves for 

 Simla. — Asrung valley. — The Ibex. — Its description. — Migra- 

 tion. — Habits. — Wariness and shyness. — Wonderful climbing 

 powers. — Its speed over rocky and precipitous ground. — Return 

 to the cave in the Buspa valley. — The two passes. — The pass 

 into Thibet. — Barren country. — Taugee. — Stopped by the 

 Tartars. — Assembly and consultation of Tartar chiefs. — Their 

 feai" of their Chinese masters. — Costume and villages. — Proceed 

 to Polinsundra. — The white leopard. — Unexpected meeting. — 



