Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India . CHAPTER IV. At the foot of the pass—A bear and a blizzard—A perilous path—Aneclipse of the moon—Novel effect—A Hindoo explanation—Eccen-tricities of an ayahs packing—A days sport above Singpur—Acolony of monkeys — Our first rope-bridge — An artful dog —Kisktiwar—-An Idols lullaby—The Tehsildar—A desolate mission-ary—A fight for a fowl—Chuprassie v. coolie—Lord Lytton on thenative chicken. November 3rd,—-It required all ones resolution to get up this morning. Everything was frozen, and even
Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India . CHAPTER IV. At the foot of the pass—A bear and a blizzard—A perilous path—Aneclipse of the moon—Novel effect—A Hindoo explanation—Eccen-tricities of an ayahs packing—A days sport above Singpur—Acolony of monkeys — Our first rope-bridge — An artful dog —Kisktiwar—-An Idols lullaby—The Tehsildar—A desolate mission-ary—A fight for a fowl—Chuprassie v. coolie—Lord Lytton on thenative chicken. November 3rd,—-It required all ones resolution to get up this morning. Everything was frozen, and even our sponges were solid blocks of ice. But Rahman is anxious to push on whilst it is fine, and says that if there is a heavy fall of snow we shall not be able to cross the pass at all. So we start as soon as the tents are struck. The steep ascent commences at once, the track running by a frozen watercourse, which, although very pretty, with long icicles hanging from the rocks, was F 2. \ COOLIE. 68 RIFLE AND SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. extremely slippery. Rahmans little unshod pony was theonly thing that could keep its feet, and we all, coolies andshikaris as well, measured our length more than the top of the pass we sent our ponies and the ayahsdandy back, as there are several rope bridges on the roadbefore us, over which the ponies cannot cross. The poorayah is very unhappy. She says to me confidentially, Memsahib, this is one dreadful country, the ice fall downeven from Heaven. She had evidently made up her mindthat Heaven is a warm place. We are above all trees, and the ground looks frightfullydesolate and bare. All the peaks above us are white withsnow, which also lies in patches around. As we cross thesummit a storm comes on, but we descend rapidly and soonleave it behind us. It is a long steep march down,although the valley looks <piite at our feet. In spite ofthe chuprassies efforts, and continued prods with hisumbrella, the c
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