Beyond the Pir Panjal; life among the mountains and valleys of Kashmir . from the Koran. The people are good-tempered,often merry; they have a distinct sense of humour and enjoya joke. Sir Walter Lawrence gives a typical instance oftheir grim humour. One day while hearing a petition Inoticed an elderly Hindu villager standing on his remained in that position for nearly half an hour, when Iasked him his business. He then explained that his affairswere in so confused a state that he did not know whether hewas standing on his head or his heels. If making a petition,a common demonstration
Beyond the Pir Panjal; life among the mountains and valleys of Kashmir . from the Koran. The people are good-tempered,often merry; they have a distinct sense of humour and enjoya joke. Sir Walter Lawrence gives a typical instance oftheir grim humour. One day while hearing a petition Inoticed an elderly Hindu villager standing on his remained in that position for nearly half an hour, when Iasked him his business. He then explained that his affairswere in so confused a state that he did not know whether hewas standing on his head or his heels. If making a petition,a common demonstration to indicate their sad condition is a procession of two men and one woman. One man wearsa shirt of matting. One carries a pan of embers on his head,and the woman bears a number of broken earthen are, however, patient, industrious in their fieldoccupations and capable of great endurance. The Kashmiri coolie is a wonderful being. In these daysof revived athletic cult a meed of praise should not be with-held from men who can carry a weight of ioo lb. for five or. THE PEOPLE y7 more miles, and who often carry a load of 60 lb. for a wholemarch of six kos (12 miles). They begin early. Little children may often be seencoming down from the forest, each carrying a load ofwood proportioned to his size. A little five-year-old childis carrying a bundle of sticks weighing at least 30 him are two or three boys, perhaps eight or tenyears old, each with faggots of wood from 40 to 60 lb. inweight. In their daily life the villagers, who are mostly cultivators,are in the habit of carrying heavy loads of grass and otherfield produce. In appearance the coolie is often sallow, about 5 feet 6in height, with a short beard and shaven head, covered witha dirty skull-cap. His physique is not at first sight im-pressive. He is spare. There is no great obviousdevelopment of muscle, certainly nothing of the Sandowtype. But the muscle is there, hard and compact andable to perform these asto
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