CHAPTER VII. 



CASHMERE. 



" If ever happiness 

 In its most passionate excess 

 Offered its wine to human life, 

 It l;(is been mine that cup to sip." 



L E. L. 



Jumnautrie, the source of the Jumna, hot-springs. — The route 

 over the Neila Pass. — Ibex shooting in the Askrung Valley. — 

 The Parung Pass. — The Choomarera Lake. — The kyang or wild 

 horse. — The Chushal Valley. — Ovis Ammon. — The Kailas 

 Eange. — Bunchowr shooting. — Ladak. — The Buddhist monas- 

 tery of Hemis. — Praying machines. — The route to Cashmere. — 

 Serinnugger. — The Shalimar Gardens. — The lake. — Social ga- 

 therings. — Ferishta's description of earthly bliss. — Islamabad 

 and the Euins of Martund. — The game of Cashmere. — A 

 beautiful scene. — Short-sighted policy. — Kindred spirits. — 

 The triumvirate broken. 



Feeling somewhat fatigued and stiff in the joints 

 after our expedition to the glacier world, we rested 

 a day to recover our marching powers, and then 



