The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . MULBERRY GROVE—CHAKBAKA. over from Thana, and camped in and around river was then quite fordable even for baggageanimals, and more than three thousand mules anda number of camels were got safely over without onebeing lost ; but a day or two afterwards the waterrose so much from the rapid melting of the snow onthe mountains that several camels were THE SWAT VALLEY 189 and a permanent bridge had to be begun atonce. Directly the Swat Valley was fairly in our handsthe people began to show a friendly feelin
The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . MULBERRY GROVE—CHAKBAKA. over from Thana, and camped in and around river was then quite fordable even for baggageanimals, and more than three thousand mules anda number of camels were got safely over without onebeing lost ; but a day or two afterwards the waterrose so much from the rapid melting of the snow onthe mountains that several camels were THE SWAT VALLEY 189 and a permanent bridge had to be begun atonce. Directly the Swat Valley was fairly in our handsthe people began to show a friendly feeling, and tocome in with sheep, fowls, eggs, and milk for were at first eight for a rupee, and eggs sixfor an anna, but the price of everything soon wentup with the demand. The Swat Valley is throughout exceedingly is covered with luxuriant crops of green barley,clover, and Lucerne grass, and cultivation by irriga-tion has been brought to great perfection. Professor Darmesteter made a very interestingtranslation of a Pathan ballad describing the SwatValley, which, until this expedition, was to Europeansa closed country. It is rather long, but I will quoteone of the verses, as it gives a really very accuratedescription of the valley. (^vat sengage a produire toute sorte de riz. IIproduit egalement le mais et le ble, les haricots etles feves. II ne connait pas Iorge, ses paniers sontvides dorge. La terre de Cvat e
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