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 11
... watched the goats I had traveled so far to see ; the long , slow process of gathering data had begun . There were sixteen markhor , including two males , five females , and nine young . Twinning was obviously common and the survival ...
... watched the goats I had traveled so far to see ; the long , slow process of gathering data had begun . There were sixteen markhor , including two males , five females , and nine young . Twinning was obviously common and the survival ...
Page 47
... watched the animals the last wisps of cloud withdrew . Soon heat waves quiv- ered over the snow , dancing among the ice monuments , and once again the landscape was full of motion , brilliant with an unrelieved radiance that had an ...
... watched the animals the last wisps of cloud withdrew . Soon heat waves quiv- ered over the snow , dancing among the ice monuments , and once again the landscape was full of motion , brilliant with an unrelieved radiance that had an ...
Page 94
... watched a con- voy of dark blue Chinese military trucks creeping over the pass into Pakistan , heavily loaded not with secret armaments , but with Chinese cabbage and turnips to feed the road crews . Again there was no sign of Marco ...
... watched a con- voy of dark blue Chinese military trucks creeping over the pass into Pakistan , heavily loaded not with secret armaments , but with Chinese cabbage and turnips to feed the road crews . Again there was no sign of Marco ...
Contents
Path to the Mountains | 1 |
Mountains in the Desert | 115 |
Cloud Goats | 150 |
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ahead altitudes animals behavior bharal Bhote Kosi boulders camp canyon Chitral Chitral Gol cliffs climb clouds crest cubs dark descend dhole Dolpo feet females 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 Nilgiri tahr once Pakistan pass peaks Pervez Peter Phu-Tsering plateau porters rams range reached remain retreat ridge Ringmo river road rock sheep and goats Sherpas Shey Skardu slopes snow leopard soon species stone tahr Tarakot tent Tibet Tibetan tiger trail trees trip tsampa urial valley vanished village walk walls watched wild goat wildlife wind winter wolves yaks young