Stones of Silence, Journeys in the Himalaya, by George B. Schaller

292pp., index, 6 maps, appendix, 14 photos. Dr. Schaller writes, "Pen and camera are weapons against oblivion. If this book has a main purpose, it is to induce others to care for the dying mountain world of the Himalaya". The author was the director of Conservation for the N.Y. Zoological Society & a biologist. This work covers the learned scholar's study of the fauna found in the mountains of the Himalaya, & Central Asian ranges. He addresses the wild sheep, mouflon, urial, chiru, siaga, aoludad, blue sheep, Marco Polo sheep, ibex, tahar, takin, mountain goat, Kashmir markhor, muskox, serow, chamois et al.