. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ropean quarter consists of a few dozen bungalows in additionto the Residency. It stands upstream from the native town, and isbuilt chiefly round a great open space like a huge village green. It isenclosed on one side by the river and on the other by the wide canalwhich comes into the river from the AVular lake ; and it is protectedfrom floods by high dykes, along which run roads lined with magnificentancient chenar trees. On the lower portion of this bank, known as
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ropean quarter consists of a few dozen bungalows in additionto the Residency. It stands upstream from the native town, and isbuilt chiefly round a great open space like a huge village green. It isenclosed on one side by the river and on the other by the wide canalwhich comes into the river from the AVular lake ; and it is protectedfrom floods by high dykes, along which run roads lined with magnificentancient chenar trees. On the lower portion of this bank, known as theBund, next to the native town, stand the rows of European shops kept (9221) c 3 38 Chapter III. by Parsees or Euiasians. We must not pass over the mission hospital,which was founded and is kept up by the two Doctors Neve, who havedone well-known and excellent exploring and Alpine expeditions inthe surrounding ranges during the brief holidays permitted by theirarduous missionary labours. The crowds of European visitors who seek out Kashmir in the springand summer live mostlv in house-boats of from four to six rooms, built. HOUSE AND INDIAN TEMPLE ON THE CANAL. upon flat-bottomed barges. These are tied up at the pleasantest spotsalong the banks of the Jhelum or on the canals or lakes. After themiddle of June the European colony, both residents and tourists, moveup into the hills, either to Gulmarg, where there is a hotel and bungalows,or to the higher valleys, where they camp out under canvas. Eastward and northward of the town of Srinagar rise two hilLs,which play a great part in the beauty of the scenery. The one to theeast terminates the spur which runs out from the ranges to the north-east into the plain, and rises to a height of about 1,000 feet just abovethe European quarter. Upon the top of this hill stands an ancient iimr. 39 temple known as the Takt-i-Suliman, one of the numerous thrones ofSolomon, a name often given by Mohammedans to any striking i>solatedp
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