Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 267-268W. Blackwood, 1950 |
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Page 344
... markhor had disappeared , and were again searching the ground on the off- chance of picking them up . It had taken us six hours to cross the gorge , and over an hour to climb the cliff the markhor had scaled in a matter minutes . I was ...
... markhor had disappeared , and were again searching the ground on the off- chance of picking them up . It had taken us six hours to cross the gorge , and over an hour to climb the cliff the markhor had scaled in a matter minutes . I was ...
Page 346
... markhor on a snow - covered ledge . The wind had dropped for a while and the ledge was over a foot in width , so it all seemed easy , till we came to a cleft and the ledge ended abruptly in a straight drop of several hundred feet . The ...
... markhor on a snow - covered ledge . The wind had dropped for a while and the ledge was over a foot in width , so it all seemed easy , till we came to a cleft and the ledge ended abruptly in a straight drop of several hundred feet . The ...
Page 347
... markhor ground , we saw a few ghad ( wild sheep ) in easy range , and I shot a young ram . We lit a fire and ate ... markhor with mighty heads stole into my sleep , and I woke suddenly to find a great billy- goat ( but alas ! no markhor ) ...
... markhor ground , we saw a few ghad ( wild sheep ) in easy range , and I shot a young ram . We lit a fire and ate ... markhor with mighty heads stole into my sleep , and I woke suddenly to find a great billy- goat ( but alas ! no markhor ) ...
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