. 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. A Lonsf Ride. Kazak and his young wife, who pressed me to partake of some boiled horse-flesh, a dehcacy I decHned with many thanks, but which my Kalmuk tackled with great avidity. This, however, was not the only item on the bill of fare, for the owner had recently bagged some marmots—a little animal found at high altitudes and more particularly on the up
. 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. A Lonsf Ride. Kazak and his young wife, who pressed me to partake of some boiled horse-flesh, a dehcacy I decHned with many thanks, but which my Kalmuk tackled with great avidity. This, however, was not the only item on the bill of fare, for the owner had recently bagged some marmots—a little animal found at high altitudes and more particularly on the uplands of the Pamirs— and served them up as an entree. I gave the Kazak some silver, at which he beamed all over his dirty face, and then mounting our steeds we rode off to camp, still more than 30 miles KALMUKS MOVING AN AUL. I arrived there at in the evening, tired wdth the long journey and the exertions required to reach the Khan's home, to say nothing of a ride of nearly 100 miles over rough country in the previous 34 hours. Giyani had shifted everything up to a spot nearer the northern edge of the valley, and hard by another group of auls, the occupants of which provided us with milk, and fuel for the fire. As there is an entire absence of wood in the Yulduz plains, camel and horse dung is used, and hard material it is to ignite, especially when a strong wind is blowing. »8s. 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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