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heads. We moved up to the next valley, Jagot, where I 

 heard he was equally unsuccessful. My tent was pitched 

 under a beautiful wide-spreading walnut tree, round which 

 had been built a broad and clean platform. The Damut 

 stream flowed below, a few paces off, and there were a few 

 houses of the village some distance above. It was a 

 pleasant spot. I made the acquaintance here of Wazi'r 

 Bughdur Shah, the head-man of this and the neighbouring 

 villages, and the Kashmiri official in charge of affairs on 

 this side of the river. The Wazir was a tall, well-made, 

 gentlemanly-looking man, of very dignified deportment. 

 He was an agreeable old fellow, fond of saying his prayers, 

 and very conscious of his dignity. 



