. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. nk. The architecture is complex,and although a part of the roof is gone, the building is not in ruins. Thisis the old fort of Karmang, now no longer inhabited by the Rajah, wholives in a little house at the foot of the same rock, near the river. Aroundhis house is a garden containing other huts inhabited by his family anddependents, while a little farther on is the village of Karmang, or Kartash,with about 500 inhabitants. (9221) H 114 Chapter \11I. On our side of
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. nk. The architecture is complex,and although a part of the roof is gone, the building is not in ruins. Thisis the old fort of Karmang, now no longer inhabited by the Rajah, wholives in a little house at the foot of the same rock, near the river. Aroundhis house is a garden containing other huts inhabited by his family anddependents, while a little farther on is the village of Karmang, or Kartash,with about 500 inhabitants. (9221) H 114 Chapter \11I. On our side of the river, nearly opposite the viUage, stands on asandy level the little dak bungalow, exactly like that of Karal in theDras valley. Upon the table in its single room were arranged platescontaining lilac blossoms and chupattis, the small round cakes whichare the bread of the region. This was an attention of the Rajah, whohad come as far as Olthingthang to meet us. Later he came over topay his official visit, accompanied by a ragged Wazir and bringing histwo little boys, whose features were so fine as to be almost THE BUNfJAUnV AT The village of Karmang communicates with the left bank of theIndus and thence with the Skardu and Kashmir road by means of along rope bridge across the Indus. This was our first experience ofthese strange bridges known as jhiila. They are to be found in everypart of the Himalaya, and are made either of canes fastened togetherin bundles, or of cords, or of plaited grasses as in Sikkim, or of wathesof willow or birch twisted into ropes, as in Baltistan and Tibet. Whilethe camp was being set up near the bungalow two of our party, impatientto experience the sensations we had so often read of in books of Himalayantravel, climbed up on the big pile of heavy stones which holds the ends From Oltliinjithan^- to Skarclu. 115 of the cables forming the treadway and balustrades of the three cables stretch across the river in para
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