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 19
... vanished behind a ridge . The whole valley had the pallor of ice , and the huge limestone cliff was imprisoned by clouds . Shivering , I pressed into a rocky niche so as not to disturb a herd of nine markhor feeding nearby . Suddenly ...
... vanished behind a ridge . The whole valley had the pallor of ice , and the huge limestone cliff was imprisoned by clouds . Shivering , I pressed into a rocky niche so as not to disturb a herd of nine markhor feeding nearby . Suddenly ...
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... vanished with the last snow leopard . I do not want to re- turn to the valley . The snow leopard as a species is not threatened with imminent ex- tinction , but in Pakistan , where possibly fewer than 250 survive , its future is not ...
... vanished with the last snow leopard . I do not want to re- turn to the valley . The snow leopard as a species is not threatened with imminent ex- tinction , but in Pakistan , where possibly fewer than 250 survive , its future is not ...
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... vanished fauna but also of his past , of a way of life that will never be again . After two days of waiting , late in the afternoon , a jeep driver agreed to take us upriver . When we left the sun had already deserted the valley . It ...
... vanished fauna but also of his past , of a way of life that will never be again . After two days of waiting , late in the afternoon , a jeep driver agreed to take us upriver . When we left the sun had already deserted the valley . It ...
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Path to the Mountains | 1 |
Mountains in the Desert | 115 |
Cloud Goats | 150 |
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