X CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE XL 



Paoe 



Magmfloent View of the Valley of Cashmere — Traces of an 

 Ancient Lake — An Excursion to the Interior of the Futi 

 Pinjal — ^Fauna of the Northern and Southern Cashmere Kanges 

 — Bears, Deer, Ibex, and Wild Goats, partial to Localities — 

 Mode of fighting pursued by the Wild Goats and Sheep — A 

 Noble Specimen of the Great Goat or Serpent-eater — ^Bear — 

 WUd Grandeur of the Scenery — Natural History of the Mari- 

 hore — The Tare-goat — WUd Dog — Black-headed Pheasant — 

 Silver Fox — ^Weather — Monsoon — Ornithology of the Valley — 

 Cashmerian Valley Scenery — Goat-antelope — Snakes — Small 

 Venomous Viper — Water-snake — Birds — Cross Wurdwun Pass 

 — Snowstorm — Servant lost — Inhospitable Region — Bear- 

 shooting — ^Misery of the Natives — HaMts of the Isabella Bear — 

 Herd of Ibex — Frightful Accident by an Avalanche — ^Flying 

 Squirrel — Ibex-hunting — Hermit Bears — Lost in the Forest 

 — Himalayan Ibex — Dangerous Travelling — Steep Mountains — 

 Imperial Rock-pigeon — ^Distribution of the Brown Bear of the 

 Himalayas, and its Habits — ^The Black Bear : its Natural His- 

 tory — Return to the VaUey — Red Marmot — Scenery and 

 Fauna of the Valley — Seriuuggur and Ruler of Cashmere — 

 View from the Temple of Solomon ..... 208 



CHAPTEE XII. 



Return to Punjaub — River Scenery and its Ornithology — ^Day Haze 

 or Mist — Lakes of Cashmere — Visit to the Heir-apparent — 

 A frightful Accident — ^Maury's Theory of Monsoons — ^Return to 

 the Valley — Start for Ladakh — Scenery — ^Bultul Pass — ^Mar- 

 mots — Tartars — Birds — Plants — Scenery — Buddhist Temples 

 — Birds — Tibetan Magpie : its Allies — ^Redstarts — Familiar 

 Birds — Discovery of a New Species of Mountain-finch — Lameru 

 — JoUy Lama Priests — Wild Sheep — Natives — Leh — ^Birds — 

 Yak and Wild Quadrupeds of the Region — Tame Animals — 

 Tang-Lang Pass — Plains of Rupshoo — ^Nomadic Life — Oppres- 

 sive Sensations at High Elevations — The Dog of Tibet — Salt 

 Lakes and Wild Fowl — Wild Ass— Burrel or Wild Sheep — 



