India, Chamba.- Reid (W.) Chamba Chortlings... Being an Account of Some Things that We Did, and a Good Many that We Didn't [Diary of a hunting expedition to the Chumba District accompanied by Major Hardinge Monteith Hogg], typescript signed, all laid down on card, title and c. 53pp., c. 70 photographs, title cut down and mounted, first f. damp-stained with loss, next 4ff. affected by damp, original half morocco, gilt, worn, lacks upper cover and spine, 4to, 1907.
⁂ Places visited include: Chitrari, Olansa, Bharmour, Chaubia etc.
An amusing and realistic account of the hardships and travels of a hunting expedition through this largely unexplored region in the early twentieth century. \"I hate this place... I had never realised what Hell looked like until I came upon this ah to-day... . It is a perfect picture of the Valley of the Damned.\" - W. Reid.
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