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CHAPTER I
Mountain scenery—The hill station—Charm of 'the back of beyond'—The valley road—Trees of the lower hills—The goral—The muntjac or barking deer—The musk deer—Game of the upper valley—Red and black bear—Markhor and bharal—Tahr and serow—Village roads—Ascent of the upper valley—The beautiful deodar or God's tree—The mighty Himalaya—The hill village—The wayside temple—Propitiating the gods of the mountains—Difficult marching—Outposts of the snow moraine—The last of the mountain stream—The snow moraine—The great silence of the valley head—Footprints in the snow—Silver birch on the snow line—A new and beautiful world.
THE WAY UP TO THE SHOOTING GROUNDS
There is something peculiarly fascinating and exhilarating about mountain scenery and mountain air the world over, and especially is this so, perhaps, for the European exile in India. To get away
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