Cashmere, three weeks in a houseboat . Three Weeks in a Houseboat. 53 shaded road and through several small hamletsto the pretty village of Archibal, shaded by gianttrees with a stream meandering through its lengthalongside the road, then to a park shaded by finechenars where a party was camping in the luxuriousstyle of India. Here we left our carriage andentered the extremely pretty small walled-in garden,which had a stream flowing through the groundsand several pretty summerhouses ; close against thefurther garden wall rose a steep hill clad withdeodars and passages from the garden led on to
Cashmere, three weeks in a houseboat . Three Weeks in a Houseboat. 53 shaded road and through several small hamletsto the pretty village of Archibal, shaded by gianttrees with a stream meandering through its lengthalongside the road, then to a park shaded by finechenars where a party was camping in the luxuriousstyle of India. Here we left our carriage andentered the extremely pretty small walled-in garden,which had a stream flowing through the groundsand several pretty summerhouses ; close against thefurther garden wall rose a steep hill clad withdeodars and passages from the garden led on to thehill itself from which the usual fine panorama isobtained. Close by was another trout-hatchery and thedistrict was under State management. Francois Bernier, who visited these gardens about1670, wrote the following of them : I turned alittle from the high road for the sake of visitingArchival, a country house formerly of the Kings ofKashmir. What principally constitutes the beauty of thisplace is a fountain whose waters disperse th
Size: 1910px × 1309px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectjammuan, bookyear1920
