. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. o ground was gathered a crowd of several hundred people,kept in bounds with unwonted severity by chuprassis. Throughout thelast two stages the wliole of the luggage had been carried on the backsof coolies, but at Tolti we were again able to hire ponies. It was thefirst place where the coolies seemed unwilling to enter into an engage-ment. The Rajah and his high officials marched about in the crowd,seized hold of the more refractory subjects and practically dragged
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. o ground was gathered a crowd of several hundred people,kept in bounds with unwonted severity by chuprassis. Throughout thelast two stages the wliole of the luggage had been carried on the backsof coolies, but at Tolti we were again able to hire ponies. It was thefirst place where the coolies seemed unwilling to enter into an engage-ment. The Rajah and his high officials marched about in the crowd,seized hold of the more refractory subjects and practically dragged From ()ltliiiij;tliaiig to Skarclu. 119 them into our presence. Perhaps on some former occasion they hadbeen defrauded of their pay, because throughout our journey we alwaysfound the natives rather anxious to be engaged. Some of the horses,too, were recalcitrant, refused to be loaded, kicked and rolled. Thesewere, no doubt, polo ponies, who objected to the degradation of carryingloads. The afternoon was windy as usual, but the little valley was shelteredby the hills and so green that we had neither sand nor dust, and enjoyed. A MOSQUE OF THE lllllH IXDUS VALLEY. to the utmost the cool shade of the trees. Little rivulets ran all roundour camp, and their murmur mingled with the rusthng of the leavesin the breeze. The next stage was of about five and a half hours, and was morediverse and entertaining than the preceding ones. During the secondhalf the way runs through several villages whose gardens join, formingwide belts of vegetation, where the path is all in the shade. The housesare better built, some of sun-baked bricks, and the occupants evenindulge in the luxury of a verandah. Now and again the windowshave carved wooden frames. There were a few mosques with flat roofs,formed by long transverse beams resting upon uprights and outer wallsof masonry, now and then strengthened by incorporating the trunksof trees, as in the houses of Srinagar. The eastern facade was adornedwith a
Size: 1726px × 1448px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorsavoialu, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookyear1912
