KASHMIR VALLEYS 111 



come only to those who dig deeply; for the majority, 

 wealth and rank are suitable and sufficient returns for 

 their works " ; and then, with something of scorn for the 

 superficial Westerner wishing the secret of the universe 



A charming' old man 



in a nutshell, he quoted the words of a song usually sung 

 in another sense 



But them, alas ! what can I do for thee 1 

 By fate and thine own birth, set above 

 The need of all or any aid from me, 

 Too high for service, what shall my words prove? 



