A Summer in High Asia. By Captain F. G. S.
Adair. (W. Thacker and Co. 125. 6d. net.)--Captain Adair's hunting-ground was a region of Kashmir, Leh being its most important place. (A map of the country with the route marked would have been a really valuable illustration. Even good atlases give these countries on so small a scale that it is impossible to follow the traveller in a really satisfactory way.) The game which be pursued included various animals, but the most desired spoil was a good head of the Ovis Ammon. Captain Adair had his dis- appointments, but these were more than made up for by a right and left shot which brought down two fine specimens, the larger • of the two being 42} in. across. Hunting in these regions is no trifling work, the altitudes are so great. The author gives vivid account of his sensation when he tried to light his pipe at 19,000 ft. It was like having the wind knocked out of him by a blow. The natives of these parts habitually breathe deeper and more slowly than is usual. This is a very readable book of sport and travel.
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