A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . . hem, Nathiagalli, isthe summer residence of the ChiefCommissioner of the FrontierProvince. The walls through theGallies are lovely in spring—nothing inthe whole Himalayas is more beautiful. Rawal Pindi is also the starting-place for Kashmir by Murree andthe Jhelum Valley. This is the bestroute into the country {see Route 17).] It is proposed to construct a railwayfrom Pindi to Murree, and on toKashmir, to be worked by electricpower from the Jhelam falls. 9 m. beyond Rawal Pindi, on aneminence above the little MargalaPass, is the mo
A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . . hem, Nathiagalli, isthe summer residence of the ChiefCommissioner of the FrontierProvince. The walls through theGallies are lovely in spring—nothing inthe whole Himalayas is more beautiful. Rawal Pindi is also the starting-place for Kashmir by Murree andthe Jhelum Valley. This is the bestroute into the country {see Route 17).] It is proposed to construct a railwayfrom Pindi to Murree, and on toKashmir, to be worked by electricpower from the Jhelam falls. 9 m. beyond Rawal Pindi, on aneminence above the little MargalaPass, is the monument of GeneralJohn Nicholson, with the followinginscription : Erected by friendSj British and Native,to the memory of Brigadier-General JohnNicholson, , who, after taking a herospart in four great wars, fell mortallywounded, in leading to victory the maincolumn of assault at the great siege of Delhi,and died 22nd September 1857, aged 34. 185 m. Golra junction for the linetoKhushalgath,Kohat, 109m. Hangu,138 m., and Thai, 171 m., at the L. K E R. iCHAFllH AN ^°EyS JolmBarthnlfiTneiyA Co .Etiin^ MURREE r-^ coirnHFATioii tw sajo; scjux 1 ^rrj^:^ •« /^25^ ^ (V -Xy^-^l I CsT^T^^^x 0 JQS-J»v«ij° \ S^V^^ I s^ S^ V l^^i-i-7-=V f ^ v^^ ^^««3 »N ii 0 »M E N TfSrA 1? M^^fe*^^;^^/ V^W^^ XV^^M^ JS^^^SAYlf] ; A 1 ^?v_i&fi&«fim™i 7 — ^ j^a/. •>^^W^ ^ % IK V 1 Ij^^^^^^^^^^^^v^ / * ^ \ A rv ,vr Vx / t * / ^y^-^^ Im ^ ^ \\\ f =••(;» ,^ ^ - c-r-^i^ -^ •^ *?* *-* ROUTE l6. RAWAL PINDI—ATTOCK M5 entrance to the Kurram Valley. [AtBasal (56 m.) the line is crossed bythat from Campbellpur (p. 242), whichwith the Sindh-Sagar Railway servesthe whole of the position of the leftbank of the Indus. From Kalabagh,on a short branch line from Kundian,a light railway is being constructed to(83 m.) Bannu, commanding theTochi route. ] At Khushalgarh (83 m.)the Indus is crossed by a cantileverbridge, with a roadway over therailway, the river flowing through adeep
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