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Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
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A travel and natural-history narrative recounts an arduous expedition across Kashmir, Ladakh, the Himalayas, Turkestan, the Pamirs, and the Tian Shan, blending vivid field observations with accounts of big-game hunting and specimen collecting. It alternates firsthand perspectives and includes route descriptions, photographic illustrations, and practical details of high-altitude travel, camps, and logistics. The text describes encounters with local peoples and customs, the challenges of deserts, glaciers, and mountain passes, and close observations of regional wildlife such as wild sheep, ibex, and wapiti, pairing sporting aims with scientific interest.

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Authors and Their Shikaries at Srinagar, on Their Return Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Suydam Cutting and George Cherrie in the Heart of the Himalayas 6
Route Map of the Expedition 8
A Ladakhi Dance in Leh 18
Jemal Shah, the Cook, Beside a Wall of Prayer-Stones 18
Down the Ladakh Slope of the Zoji La 30
On the Summit of the Zoji La 30
The Zoji La 34
Mulbeck, a Town in Ladakh 34
Leh 46
A Kirghiz Yourt Near the Sanju Pass 46
Yaks Climbing the Khardong Pass 50
A Thibetan Antelope 50
C. S. C., T. R., K. R., and Abdul Hamid go to Call on the Amban of Yarkand 78
The Fair at Yarkand 84
Ferrying Across the Yarkand River 84
Pack-Ponies Fording the Muzart River 104
A Camel Negotiates the Muzart 104
Crossing the Muzart Glacier 108
Ismail Bey with K. R.’s Siberian Roe Deer 120
Rahima with an Ibex Shot by K. R. near Khan Ayalik 120
Loose Leading a Pony Laden with Products of the Tian Shan 132
Tula Bai and Khalil Spying for Ovis Karelini 132
Khalil with the World’s Record Ibex Head 144
Khalil with the World’s Record Ovis Karelini 144
The Record Karelini 152
Nurpay and the Bear 152
A Kirghiz Grandmother Moving House 164
A Kalmuck Marmot-Hunter 164
Wapiti Country 172
Khalil, Nurpay, and a Tian Shan Wapiti 172
A Kalmuck Wedding 192
Through the Muzart Glacier 194
Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt in Tian Shan Hunting-Kit 196
Kichik Kara Kul 222
An Early Morning Start After Ovis Poli 222
A 53-Inch Ovis Poli 226
Rahima, Palang, Khalil, and T. R. with T. R.’s Big Poli 252
Baltit in the Hunza Valley 266
Crossing the Burzil in Winter 270
Territory Covered in the Course of the Expedition 274