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 118
... Karchat Hills to study wild goat . The Karchat Hills consist of a small masif , about thirteen miles long and four wide , at the southern end of the Kirthar Range bordering the western edge of the Indus Plain . To reach these hills from ...
... Karchat Hills to study wild goat . The Karchat Hills consist of a small masif , about thirteen miles long and four wide , at the southern end of the Kirthar Range bordering the western edge of the Indus Plain . To reach these hills from ...
Page 120
... Karchat Hills were included in a national park in 1973. Rizvi first invited me to study wild goat in the Karchat Hills , where , near the base of Kira cliff , he had constructed three grass huts which were later replaced by permanent ...
... Karchat Hills were included in a national park in 1973. Rizvi first invited me to study wild goat in the Karchat Hills , where , near the base of Kira cliff , he had constructed three grass huts which were later replaced by permanent ...
Page 129
... Karchat had been accu- rately delineated . Confidently I returned on March 20 , 1974 - a date on which in the previous year some females were still pregnant - and found the birth season well over . I came to watch the rut on October 9 ...
... Karchat had been accu- rately delineated . Confidently I returned on March 20 , 1974 - a date on which in the previous year some females were still pregnant - and found the birth season well over . I came to watch the rut on October 9 ...
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Path to the Mountains | 1 |
Mountains in the Desert | 115 |
Cloud Goats | 150 |
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