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excluded during the cold months by a liberal use of 

 newspapers fastened over the openings. Most of the 

 people can boast some little greenery, a prettily- 

 covered bower, a few plants of pomegranate, or 

 a bed of portulacas, or stocks which are grown 

 on the roof, in a balcony, or just above the water in 

 the small, unevenly paved courts, of which most of the 



Flower-covered roofs, Srinagar 



houses can boast. At intervals there would be a small 

 Mahomedan mosque of the usual ziarat form, with 

 square walls of rich, dark wood, more or less carved, 

 and pointed roof adorned literally with cap and bells, 

 for the overhanging points are always finished with 

 tassels of wood and tiny brass bells, and most could 



