HALF-TONE PLATES 
PLATE I. 
The barren heart of Asia 
facing page 2 
The rugged declivities of Eastern Tibet 
2 
II. 
The arid deserts of Arabia 
4 
Alpine scenery in the highlands of Central Asia 
4 
III. 
Arid type of Ibex-ground 
6 
Siberian “Taiga” 
6 
IV. 
The Gorges that lead up to the Pamirs 
8 
“The Roof of the World” 
8 
V. 
A valley in the Lebanon Mountains 
12 
The rugged ranges of Sinai 
12 
VI. 
A hunting party in the Syrian desert 
16 
In the Taurus Mountains 
16 
VII. 
Ibex-ground in the Mountains of Moab 
20 
Ibex-ground in the Anti-Taurus Mountains 
20 
VIII. 
The Sinaitic Ibex 
24 
The Palestine Gazelle. The Syrian Gazelle 
24 
IX. 
Bear hunting in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains 
26 
The haunt of the Dead Sea Ibex 
26 
X. 
The Great Nafud Desert 
30 
In the Jordan Depression 
30 
XI. 
The Arabian Oryx 
32 
Horns of Arabian Oryx 
32 
XIII. 
Eastern Caucasian Thr 
44 
XIV. 
Eastern Caucasian Tftr 
46 
XV. 
Western Caucasian Tftr 
48 
XVI. 
Shooting-ground in the Elburz Range 
58 
A Siestani Shikari 
58 
XVII. 
Ahu-gardani 
60 
Loaded up 
60 
XVIII. 
Bezoar stone 
62 
Urial country, Siestan 
62 
XIX. 
Maral Stag 
64 
The biggest recorded Urial 
64 
XX. 
Calling deer 
66 
Stag ground, Elburz range 
66 
Kurd Shikaris 
66 
Reed beds, Turkoman country 
66 
XXI. 
Gazelle heads, Persia 
68 
Ibex heads, Persia 
68 
XXIII. 
Howdah Elephants going forward 
72 
XXIV. 
Padding a Tiger 
74 
XXV. 
A Nepaul Tiger 
77 
XXVI. 
A Mirzapur Tiger 
76 
XVI 
