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Page 91
... hills and its coming put heart into our climb . Descending from the pass were pugmarks of a snow leopard , and then tracks where another leopard had joined the route of the first one , following it down a gentle ravine before go- ing ...
... hills and its coming put heart into our climb . Descending from the pass were pugmarks of a snow leopard , and then tracks where another leopard had joined the route of the first one , following it down a gentle ravine before go- ing ...
Page 139
... hills grow distinct , revealing a rugged area of small plateaus and sharply tilted beds which culminate in a high limestone ridge . Many ravines dissect the hills and I ascend one of them to the crest of a sloping plateau where I have ...
... hills grow distinct , revealing a rugged area of small plateaus and sharply tilted beds which culminate in a high limestone ridge . Many ravines dissect the hills and I ascend one of them to the crest of a sloping plateau where I have ...
Page 289
... Hills , 153 , 154 , 155 , 157 , 159 , 165 , 172 , 173 Nilgiri tahr , 5 , 151 , 153-59 passim , 167 , 184 , 186 and n .; young of , 156-57 Nilgiri Wildlife Association , 154 Nizam - ul - Mulk , 28-29 Nowshera ( Pakistan ) , 34 Nubian ...
... Hills , 153 , 154 , 155 , 157 , 159 , 165 , 172 , 173 Nilgiri tahr , 5 , 151 , 153-59 passim , 167 , 184 , 186 and n .; young of , 156-57 Nilgiri Wildlife Association , 154 Nizam - ul - Mulk , 28-29 Nowshera ( Pakistan ) , 34 Nubian ...
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