. 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. After Ovis Poli with a thick layer, necessitating continual removal to prevent the poles breaking. Yak dung, the only fuel available, is difficult to ignite under such circumstances, but between us, with much blowing and coaxing, we managed to get a fire going, sufficient to prepare the evening meal. A change in climatic conditions was now evident, for d
. 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. After Ovis Poli with a thick layer, necessitating continual removal to prevent the poles breaking. Yak dung, the only fuel available, is difficult to ignite under such circumstances, but between us, with much blowing and coaxing, we managed to get a fire going, sufficient to prepare the evening meal. A change in climatic conditions was now evident, for during the night it blew hard and snow continued to fall with unabated persistency. At dawn the outlook was a dismal one, but never-. TYPICAL POLI GROUND ON THE PAMIRS. theless we started in search of " gulja," as the poli are locally known, the day being bitterly cold with a terrific wind blowing. We rode on yaks, keeping a sharp look-out and had not gone very far up the Kukturuk when we sighted a herd high up on the mountain side to our left. My shikari pulled up his grunting old yak and slipping quietly to the ground whispered " ; The herd was a small one some 600 yards off, feeding on the bare slope running down to the water's edge. I took out my 67 F 2. 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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