The Ibex of Shā-ping: And Other Himalayan Studies, C by Lieut. L. B. Rundall ... with Numerous Pen and Ink Sketches and Coloured Plates by the Author

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Macmillan and Company, limited, 1915 - 151 Seiten
 

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Seite iv - DO you know the world's white roof-tree — do you know that windy rift Where the baffling mountain-eddies chop and change? Do you know the long day's patience, belly-down on frozen drift, While the head of heads is feeding out of range? It is there that I am going, where the boulders and the snow lie, With a trusty, nimble tracker that I know. I have sworn an oath, to keep it on the Horns of Ovis Poll, And the Red Gods call me out and I must gol He must go — go, etc.
Seite 53 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course.
Seite 52 - ... what person wishing to preserve a character for truth would be the relator of this extraordinary phenomenon? I was soon left alone in the midst of this noble forest, and, although full of hunters, horses, hounds, and horns, no sound reached my ear, so extensive is the forest; and more extraordinary, not even the hum of an insect, or the chirp of a bird. For two hours I wandered in its most retired parte, and during that time met with no living creature except one jay.

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