Chapter I: Front Matter

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MCMXXVI

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. PLEASURES OF ANTICIPATION . . . . . . 1
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

II. FROM THE VALE OF KASHMIR TO THE BARRENS OF
LADAKH . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
KERMIT ROOSEVELT

III. OVER THE LOFTY PASSES OF THE HIMALAYAS TO
YARKAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

IV. DESERTS AND OASES OF TURKESTAN . . . . . 72
KERMIT ROOSEVELT

V. BEYOND THE LAST BARRIER TO THE PROMISED
HUNTING-GROUNDS . . . . . . . . . 98
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

VI. IN THE HEART OF THE HUNTING COUNTRY. IBEX,
SHEEP, AND BEAR . . . . . . . . . 128
KERMIT ROOSEVELT

VII. THE ASIATIC WAPITI OF THE TIAN SHAN . . . 155
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

VIII. CHINESE TURKESTAN: THE TEKKES TO KASHGAR . . 183
KERMIT ROOSEVELT

IX. THE PAMIRS AND THE POLI . . . . . . 211
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

X. ACROSS THE WINTRY HIMALAYAN PASSES BACK
TO KASHMIR . . . . . . . . . . . 244
KERMIT ROOSEVELT