A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



sible. In the orchard where we encamped at 

 Saspul were many apple-trees covered with rosy 

 fruit, but the apricots were all over. The next 

 day's march brought us to Snurla, and we had not 

 been there long before Captain Godfrey arrived, 

 being on his way down to Srinagar with all possible 

 speed. He had started from Leh that morning, 

 and had done fifty-six miles by about 2 P.M., pretty 

 good going along a mountain road. He was in 

 a hurry to get down to see the Resident of Kash- 

 mir, who was leaving, and accomplished the journey 

 (two hundred and fifty miles) in under four days. 

 Of course, he had relays of good ponies ; but still, 

 when it is remembered that the road (though in 

 fair order at this time) crosses the main range of 

 the Himalaya, the performance must certainly be 

 regarded as a good one. The distance is nineteen 

 ordinary marches. With Captain Godfrey was old 

 Munshi Palgez, who was accompanying him as far 

 as the frontier of Ladakh, that is, to Kargil. On 

 the 1 8th we started for Lamayuru. As far as 

 Khalsi the road was known to me, but at the latter 

 place we left the path which had brought me up, 

 on the right bank of the river, from the Chotbat 

 Pass and Baltistan, and crossed by the bridge (the 

 scene of the famous exploit, before-mentioned, of 

 the two officers who were racing for a nalah) to 

 the left bank. At Khalsi, where we stopped for 

 a short time to rest the horses, a small ibex and 

 shapoo head were brought to us in the hope that 



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