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... Perhaps you want meat with your meals ? " The next day Alif Khan , our guide , led us completely around Surghund , one of the many small massifs which was once noted for its number of markhor . It was a pleasant March day . Although ...
... Perhaps you want meat with your meals ? " The next day Alif Khan , our guide , led us completely around Surghund , one of the many small massifs which was once noted for its number of markhor . It was a pleasant March day . Although ...
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... perhaps watch- ing us with clear , unblinking eyes , but only a golden eagle quarters the cliffs . Again that night the snow leopard patrols the slopes in search of an unwary bharal . Near the hermitage trail is a shallow cave , and at ...
... perhaps watch- ing us with clear , unblinking eyes , but only a golden eagle quarters the cliffs . Again that night the snow leopard patrols the slopes in search of an unwary bharal . Near the hermitage trail is a shallow cave , and at ...
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... perhaps with a whine , perhaps by the rigidity of his body , for three more heads appear . Then the white wolf stands up . Such a creature ! I cannot decide whether beauty or power prevail , but in a wolf there is surely no difference ...
... perhaps with a whine , perhaps by the rigidity of his body , for three more heads appear . Then the white wolf stands up . Such a creature ! I cannot decide whether beauty or power prevail , but in a wolf there is surely no difference ...
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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