12 RIFLE AXD SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. 



The next day was fearfully hot and dusty. Luckily we 

 had been advised to bring two huge blocks of ice with us, 

 and stood them in the middle of the carriage in Alan's 

 indiarubber bath. Round this we sat and cooled our hands 

 as you would warm them by the fire. Alan's costume is a 

 silk pyjama suit and a huge sun helmet. 



The scenery from the railway is uninteresting, except 

 when crossing the Indus at Sakhar. The river is very broad 

 and rapid here, and bridged by enormous steel girders. In 

 midstream, on white limestone rock, stands the fortified town 

 of Bakhar, and the line, using this as a stepping-stone, winds 

 through the picturesquely situated old fortress, and then on 

 to the large native town of Rohri, on the opposite bank. 



Lahore, Saturday, October 8th. — We arrived here about 

 3 i-.M. A friend of Mr. Rustomjee's met us at the station, 

 with carts to take our numerous boxes to the hotel where 

 rooms were engaged for us. 



Our present intention is to go straight to Kashmir, and 

 thence march shooting across the mountains to the Hill 

 State of Chamba, returning rid Pathankot and Lahore to 

 the Salt Ranges on the Jhelum, where Alan hopes to have 

 some oorial (wild sheep) shooting. 



About the beginning of January we think of gradually 

 working our way south again, visiting the principal States <>i 

 Rajputana on our way back to Bombay. We shall pass 

 through very varied degrees of cold and heat, from the frost 



