. Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia. Etherton, Percy Thomas, 1874-; Hunting -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Description and travel. Farewell to Happy Hunting Grounds. my tent, where there was less likelihood of annexing an un- desirable quantity of Uve-stock. Numgoon consented to come on to Kulja with me; I had found him a useful man, but Nurah accompanied me only as far as these auls, where I paid him of-f the following morning, and we parted the best of friends. They are good fello
. Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia. Etherton, Percy Thomas, 1874-; Hunting -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Description and travel. Farewell to Happy Hunting Grounds. my tent, where there was less likelihood of annexing an un- desirable quantity of Uve-stock. Numgoon consented to come on to Kulja with me; I had found him a useful man, but Nurah accompanied me only as far as these auls, where I paid him of-f the following morning, and we parted the best of friends. They are good fellows the Kalmuks, but I was right glad to see the last of the Kazaks, though this later proved to be rather. WE FORDED THE TEKKES ; premature since I was destined to renew my acquaintance with them further north. The latter are lazy and stupid, and their ignorance on anything and everything is positively crass. But withal they never miss an opportunity to best the traveller, a strong general point in the Oriental character. I had an amusing instance of this on the Pamirs, where I gave a man lo rupees for just handing my letters to the post runner as the latter passed his yurt. The former's pay was 8 rupees per month, his duty being to pass on the post from Kashgar. When he had. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Etherton, P. T. (Percy Thomas), b. 1879. London, Constable and Company, Ltd.
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