. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. a little fort stands across the path, and we passthrough a vaulted corridor of it, so low as to oblige us to little farther on a bend of the river Indus quite cuts off the have to go down the steep alluvial bank to the level of the stream,and follow its curve along an avenue of gnarled and twisted old willows,whence we ascend again to the plain. Here at the top of the ascentthe Duke was received by the Rajah of Skardu and his brothers, accom-panie
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. a little fort stands across the path, and we passthrough a vaulted corridor of it, so low as to oblige us to little farther on a bend of the river Indus quite cuts off the have to go down the steep alluvial bank to the level of the stream,and follow its curve along an avenue of gnarled and twisted old willows,whence we ascend again to the plain. Here at the top of the ascentthe Duke was received by the Rajah of Skardu and his brothers, accom-panied by a suite of dignitaries, a numerous orchestra and a greatcrowd. Salaams were exchanged, and we formed into a long procession,preceded by the band. With all this pomp we walked for over a mile, 1>S Chapter \III. flanked by the crowd on either hand, and at about half-past eleven wereached the bungalow of the civil engineer, who had put it at thedisposal of the Duke in his absence. The guides were lodged in one ofthe numerous buildings of the dak bungalow, a huge place with separatebuildings for servants, kitchens, THE OLD AND THE NEW lORT AT SKARDU. The wide verandah of the bungalow was quickly turned into arece])tion room. The Rajah, the Tehsildar and the chief merchantsof Skardu paid ceremonious visits to the Duke, followed by servantsbringing all sorts of delicacies, such as sweet almonds, dried apricots,raisins, cakes and, above all, a wealth of fresh vegetables such as wehad not seen since we left Srinagar. Our own quarters and the neighbouring group of dak bungalowsstand to the east of the town, which stretches between the rock ofSkardu and the base of the mountains, with straggling suburbs scatteredthrough the plain as far as the villages which lie at the very foot ofthe mountains. To the south of Skardu we observed a curious wall stretching acrossthe mouth of a tributary valley, so perfectly regular as to give theimpression of an artificial dam. It is really
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