A Record Of Buddhistic Kingdoms - Diary Of A Pedestrian In Cashmere And Thibet By William Henry Knight




























































 -  Here,
in the middle of June; with snow at our feet, above us, and around
us, we pitched our tent - Page 46
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Here, In The Middle Of June; With Snow At Our Feet, Above Us, And Around Us, We Pitched Our Tent, And Had Breakfast, And Laid Our Plans For A Search For Game To-Morrow.

Though the wind blew cold and chilly off the snows, we soon found that the midday sun still asserted his supremacy, and our faces and hands soon bore witness to the fierceness of the trial of strength between the two.

Our camp, although so high up, was not more than six miles from Poshana, and from thence we drew all our supplies, such as milk, eggs, and fowls, &c., the coolies' and shikarees' subsistence being deducted from their pay. Our own living was not expensive: fowls, threepence each for large, three-halfpence small; milk, three-halfpence per quart, and eggs, twelve for the like amount, or one anna. For the rest, we lived upon chupatties, or unleavened cakes of flour - very good hot, but "gutta-percha" cold - potatoes from Lahore, and, in the liquid line, tea and brandy. At night we slept upon the ground - pretty hard it was while one was awake to feel it - and not having any lamp, we turned in shortly after dark, while in the morning we were up and dressed before the nightingales had cleared their voices. These latter abounded all about us, and formed a most agreeable addition to our establishment.

JUNE 22. - Left our camp before sunrise, and crossing a large field of snow over the main torrent, we clambered up the precipitous side of our opposite mountain.

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