CHAPTER VIII. 



Incei3Sant rain. — Jalah. — Festival of tlie harvest home. — The Deptha, or Ark. 

 — Fairies. — How propitiated by the Puharries. — Continued wet weather. 

 — The wild dog. — BreediuG:-place. — Succeed in snai-ing four puppies. — 

 Their voracity. — Eiisily domesticated. — How the young are brought up 

 and fed. — Wonderful instinct of the wild dog. — Scarcity of supplies. — 

 Himalayan pheasants. — The Argus pheasant. — Its excessive shyness and 

 cunning. — The Kalleege, Cheer, Cocklass, and Moonall. — Pugnacity of 

 the Kalleege. — Pheasant-shooting. — Extraordinary 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 Julluuder. 



During the next week the rain fell inces- 

 santly, the mountains Avere enveloped in 

 clouds, which, rolling in dense masses along 

 the hill sides, hid snow, rocks, grassy 

 slopes, and valleys alike from view. We 

 persevered, and went up to the shooting- 

 ground every morning, but could do no- 

 thing ; the rain was so continuous, and 

 the mist so thick, that, conquered at last, 

 we went down to Jalah, arriving in time 



