Travels in Ladâk, Tartary, and Kashmir . i-trntsmi PANORAMA OF LE , FROM THE PALACE ON THE LETT, Tcl THE VALLEY OFTHE I NDUS ON THE Tartary^ and Kashmir. 171 effect of the straight lines of green on a yeUowground, intersecting each other at right angles,that we half doubted the correctness of naturesown perspective. This quaint air of stiffness wascaused by the necessity there was of constantlyirrigating that parched soil—for rain is almostunknown in Lad^k—and the cultivation clungclose to the sides of the watercourses, and ceasedaltogether when the moisture from the Kttlestream could
Travels in Ladâk, Tartary, and Kashmir . i-trntsmi PANORAMA OF LE , FROM THE PALACE ON THE LETT, Tcl THE VALLEY OFTHE I NDUS ON THE Tartary^ and Kashmir. 171 effect of the straight lines of green on a yeUowground, intersecting each other at right angles,that we half doubted the correctness of naturesown perspective. This quaint air of stiffness wascaused by the necessity there was of constantlyirrigating that parched soil—for rain is almostunknown in Lad^k—and the cultivation clungclose to the sides of the watercourses, and ceasedaltogether when the moisture from the Kttlestream could no longer affect it. So betweenthese grateful rows of verdure in the barrenand dry places where no water was, stretched inits starveling nudity the famished plain again. Where it got enough to drink, this thirsty soilwas by no means ungrateful; for a little furtheron we saw fields of wheat that seemed topromise an ample harvest; apricots, too, andapples were brought us in basketfuls, the former,however, you must be very hot and tired
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