. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. d us every four or sixmiles, according to the steepnessof the road. Little time was lostsystem of harness is extremelysimple. There are no buckles, no straps and no traces. There is only abar which crosses the pole and fits into two uprights fixed into thesaddles of the harness. The ragged and dirty postilion sits beside the driver and with theharsh and strident notes of his horn clears the way of the carts, ekkasand tongas which we keep meeting and passing. The we
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. d us every four or sixmiles, according to the steepnessof the road. Little time was lostsystem of harness is extremelysimple. There are no buckles, no straps and no traces. There is only abar which crosses the pole and fits into two uprights fixed into thesaddles of the harness. The ragged and dirty postilion sits beside the driver and with theharsh and strident notes of his horn clears the way of the carts, ekkasand tongas which we keep meeting and passing. The weather had cleared by the time we reached Kohala, our firststage, at the bottom of the valley, at a distance of a little over 64 stands about 300 feet above Pindi, and is a village of a fewhouses, which rise on terraces one above another on the steep rightbank of the Jhelum at the inlet of the narrow gorge through whichthe river forces its way out from the mountains. The water rushesfiercely at the bottom of the gorge, whirling on its muddy and foamingwaves the numberless tree tiiinks which are sent down from the. THE ROAD TO KASHMIR. in changing them, because the From Marseilles to Srinaji-ar. 23 t-. mountains to Jhelum, the city of the Punjab plain, which has givenits name to the river. But in the mountains which shelter its hallowed sources andthroughout Kashmir the name of the river is Vehut, a corruption of theSanscrit Vitasta, one who hastens, from which may also be derivedthe Hydaspes of the Greek historians. This river formed the easternlimit of the conquests of Alexander, and according to legend theMacedonian navigated its downward course to the Indus. At Kohala we made our first acquaintance with the dak bungalowsor guest-houses which are found at every stage on the main roads andon many of the principal bridle paths. They are all built on the sameplan, and consist of a ground floor only, with a wide verandah on towhich all the bedrooms open. Behind each b
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