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GUL SHER KHAN, SHIKARI . . Frontispiece 



THE MEHTAR AND RETINUE .... 4 



A SEA OF MIST AND CLOUDS . . . .26 



THE WHITE CONE OF DOBANNI . . . .30 



THE BIG MARKHOR . . . . .38 



GUL SHER SPYING ..... 40 



VIEW FROM THE KARGAH GLEN . . . .44 



THE BIG MARKHOR . . . . .52 



A DEAD URIAL ...... 68 



TYPES OF DARDISTAN MARKHOR . . . .76 



TYPES OF DARDISTAN MARKHOR AND A FREAK . . 78 



IBEX COUNTRY ...... 80 



EVERY MINUTE WITH THE GLASS IS WORTH WHILE . 88 

 A SHIKARI ...... 88 



DROSH, SHOWING SOME GOOD CHAKOR GROUND . . 98 



THE LOWER GUN . . . . .100 



THE REMOTEST RECESSES OF THE RUGGED HINDU RUSH . 108 

 A PETTY KING OF THE HINDU KUSH . . .110 



SHIKARI AND IBEX . . . . .122 



THE MEHTAR'S FORT, CHITRAL . . . .126 



THE MEHTAR AND HIS FALCONERS . . .128 



MIR-SHIKAR AND SHUNKHAR FALCON . . .130 



HAWKING DUCK ON THE CHITRAL RIVER . .140 



THE BRIDGE AT CHITRAL . . . .140 



TIRICH MIR ...... 144 



THE ORPIMENT MINES AND MINERS ] 50 



