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CONCLUSION 



Ye who have traced the Pilgrim to the scene 

 Which is his last, if in your memories dwell 

 A thought that once was his, if on ye swell 

 A single recollection, not in vain 

 He wore his sandal shoon and scallop shell. 

 Farewell ! 



Byron. 



A FEW last considerations about Kashmir. Is it suitable 

 as a place for permanent residents ? Does it offer such 

 advantages as a healthy climate, one suitable for growing 

 children and elder folk who can no longer stand the 

 trying extremes of the Plains? Are there any profes- 

 sions open to Englishmen apart from the Government 

 offices? and are there new industries and trades to be 

 opened up ? 



As a holiday ground I do not think I need add 

 anything to what I have said, for I shall indeed have 

 written in vain if I have not shown in some small degree 

 the inexpressible charm of this wondrous country for 

 the wanderer and vagrant ; but as a haven of rest for the 

 official worn out with incessant work in India, and too 

 poor to care to begin life again in England, or for those 

 who have found it impossible to stand the fogs or damp 

 of our little island, I have still some remarks to make. 



As to climate it is difficult to imagine more healthy 

 conditions than those offered in a country where the 



