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Page 49
... four or possibly five animals in about 1,200 square miles of mountains . Four years earlier , after having observed my first snow leopard , I left Chitral with the expectation of returning to study the cat . I had waited too long , and ...
... four or possibly five animals in about 1,200 square miles of mountains . Four years earlier , after having observed my first snow leopard , I left Chitral with the expectation of returning to study the cat . I had waited too long , and ...
Page 164
... four - an adult hind , a two - and - a - half - year - old stag , a yearling hind , and a young - watched me sit down 150 feet from them . Instead of retreat- ing , they reclined and methodically chewed cud as if oblivious to my ...
... four - an adult hind , a two - and - a - half - year - old stag , a yearling hind , and a young - watched me sit down 150 feet from them . Instead of retreat- ing , they reclined and methodically chewed cud as if oblivious to my ...
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... four herds . One of these herds is small , only four females and two young . As we watch , the animals suddenly startle and bunch ; running downslope toward them are two wolves , one of them white - the same distinctive animal we met ...
... four herds . One of these herds is small , only four females and two young . As we watch , the animals suddenly startle and bunch ; running downslope toward them are two wolves , one of them white - the same distinctive animal we met ...
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ahead altitudes animals behavior bharal Bhote Kosi blue sheep boulders camp canyon Chitral Chitral Gol cliffs climb clouds crest cubs dark descend dhole Dolpo feet female forest Gilgit glacier gorge grass Gyaltsen habitat halt head herd hills Himalaya Himalayan tahr Hindu Hindu Kush horns hunting Hunza ibex India Indus Jang-bu Karakoram Karchat Kashmir Khan Kilik Pass kill lama Lapche leave livestock loads look males Marco Polo sheep markhor miles Misgar monastery morning mountains nearby Nepal night Nilgiri tahr once Pakistan pass peaks Pervez Peter Phu-Tsering plateau porters rams range reached remain ridge Ringmo river road rock route sheep and goats Sherpas Shey Skardu slopes snow leopard soon species stone Tarakot tent Tibet Tibetan tiger trail trees trip tsampa urial valley vanished village walk walls watched wild goat wildlife wind winter wolves yaks young