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ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Authors and Their Shikaries at Srinagar, on Their Return Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

Suydam Cutting and George Cherrie in the Heart of the Himalayas 6

Route Map of the Expedition 8

A Ladakhi Dance in Leh 18

Jemal Shah, the Cook, Beside a Wall of Prayer-Stones 18

Down the Ladakh Slope of the Zoji La 30

On the Summit of the Zoji La 30

The Zoji La 34

Mulbeck, a Town in Ladakh 34

Leh 46

A Kirghiz Yourt Near the Sanju Pass 46

Yaks Climbing the Khardong Pass 50

A Thibetan Antelope 50

C. S. C., T. R., K. R., and Abdul Hamid go to Call on the Amban of Yarkand 78

The Fair at Yarkand 84

Ferrying Across the Yarkand River 84

Pack-Ponies Fording the Muzart River 104

A Camel Negotiates the Muzart 104

Crossing the Muzart Glacier 108

Ismail Bey with K. R.’s Siberian Roe Deer 120

Rahima with an Ibex Shot by K. R. near Khan Ayalik 120

Loose Leading a Pony Laden with Products of the Tian Shan 132

Tula Bai and Khalil Spying for Ovis Karelini 132

Khalil with the World’s Record Ibex Head 144

Khalil with the World’s Record Ovis Karelini 144

The Record Karelini 152

Nurpay and the Bear 152

A Kirghiz Grandmother Moving House 164

A Kalmuck Marmot-Hunter 164

Wapiti Country 172

Khalil, Nurpay, and a Tian Shan Wapiti 172

A Kalmuck Wedding 192

Through the Muzart Glacier 194

Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt in Tian Shan Hunting-Kit 196

Kichik Kara Kul 222

An Early Morning Start After Ovis Poli 222

A 53-Inch Ovis Poli 226

Rahima, Palang, Khalil, and T. R. with T. R.’s Big Poli 252

Baltit in the Hunza Valley 266

Crossing the Burzil in Winter 270

Territory Covered in the Course of the Expedition 274

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