Cashmere, three weeks in a houseboat . a very fine wood carver, with excellentcarving on first-class material, but he chargesabout one-third more than others as good as he :the papier mache articles in his shop were extremelybeautiful and tasteful, some looking like fine chinavases ; but it always struck me that papier macheand wood were such inferior and worthless materialsto decorate with such beautiful painting. The shawls, old bronzes, &c., &c., were extremelyattractive, and it was only by promising to comeagain on my return to town that I got away witha whole skin. I had decided to go up
Cashmere, three weeks in a houseboat . a very fine wood carver, with excellentcarving on first-class material, but he chargesabout one-third more than others as good as he :the papier mache articles in his shop were extremelybeautiful and tasteful, some looking like fine chinavases ; but it always struck me that papier macheand wood were such inferior and worthless materialsto decorate with such beautiful painting. The shawls, old bronzes, &c., &c., were extremelyattractive, and it was only by promising to comeagain on my return to town that I got away witha whole skin. I had decided to go up river the next morning,but my boatman said that as there v/as a greatMohommedan festival in two days time no trackerscould be engaged. It may have been so ; I ratherfancy the Boy and the boatman wanted to see thefestival. I had armed myself for up-river with enoughsilver rupees to weigh down the dunga, as I had beentold that paper would not be taken outside Srimagar,but I fortunately found there was very little to spendit ^^g^^isa; .ake Dal. On trek.
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