. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. , and are made either of canes fastened togetherin bundles, or of cords, or of plaited grasses as in Sikkim, or of wathesof willow or birch twisted into ropes, as in Baltistan and Tibet. Whilethe camp was being set up near the bungalow two of our party, impatientto experience the sensations we had so often read of in books of Himalayantravel, climbed up on the big pile of heavy stones which holds the ends From Oltliinjithan^- to Skarclu. 115 of the cables forming t
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. , and are made either of canes fastened togetherin bundles, or of cords, or of plaited grasses as in Sikkim, or of wathesof willow or birch twisted into ropes, as in Baltistan and Tibet. Whilethe camp was being set up near the bungalow two of our party, impatientto experience the sensations we had so often read of in books of Himalayantravel, climbed up on the big pile of heavy stones which holds the ends From Oltliinjithan^- to Skarclu. 115 of the cables forming the treadway and balustrades of the three cables stretch across the river in parallel curves. One,which is thicker than the others, hangs somewhat lower, and upon thisyou walk, while the smaller are higher up and are arranged oneon each side to hold by with your hands. At intervals of about two yardsthin bands join the footway cable to the side-ropes, so that the wholething takes the shape of a sort of skeleton trough with a pointed two ropes which form the handrails are kept a certain distance. JHCLA BRIDUE AT K-UISLOJU. apart by cross-bars fitted into them at intervals of 10 or 12 yards. Theonly difficulty of crossing consists in climbing over these cross-bars,and the greatest danger is of scratching your hands on the sharp pointsof the birch twigs which project everywhere from the rough cables. On the whole jhula bridges are simple, strong and cheap, and thesystem might do good service in some of our own mountain crossing is really perfectly simple, and offers no difficulty as longas the bridge is properly kept up and the cables taut. But when halfof the cross-bars are broken and the bridge sags in the middle owingto the relaxing of the cables, the crossing may become most disagreeable, (9221) n 2 116 Chapter VIII. especially when the wind blows the whole thing about like a of us ever suffered from giddiness even when the
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