Stones of Silence: Journeys in the HimalayaSchaller's tale of his Himalyan treks (1969-1975) to assess the effect of humans on the habitat of wild sheep and goats. He describes, also, a less known area--the Nilgiri Hills at the tip of the subcontinent. No bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 71
... Gilgit Valley , the last ones having been killed in 1910 in a riverine thicket near the village of Gakuch . Until 1947 musk deer occurred in all ravines south of the Gilgit River . The last time the raja saw snow leopard was in 1952. A ...
... Gilgit Valley , the last ones having been killed in 1910 in a riverine thicket near the village of Gakuch . Until 1947 musk deer occurred in all ravines south of the Gilgit River . The last time the raja saw snow leopard was in 1952. A ...
Page 82
... Gilgit and Indus rivers the road swings northward to Gilgit , which Pervez and I reached after nine hours of steady driving from Sazin . Lying at an altitude of 4,800 feet , Gilgit has mild winters ; in mid - November the sycamores and ...
... Gilgit and Indus rivers the road swings northward to Gilgit , which Pervez and I reached after nine hours of steady driving from Sazin . Lying at an altitude of 4,800 feet , Gilgit has mild winters ; in mid - November the sycamores and ...
Page 96
... Gilgit . No mechanic would brave the heights and the car would have to remain at Dhi until spring . All seats on flights out of Gilgit were taken for the next two weeks but the deputy commissioner generously gave us a priority booking ...
... Gilgit . No mechanic would brave the heights and the car would have to remain at Dhi until spring . All seats on flights out of Gilgit were taken for the next two weeks but the deputy commissioner generously gave us a priority booking ...
Contents
Path to the Mountains | 1 |
Mountains in the Desert | 115 |
Cloud Goats | 150 |
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