2 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



was a dog of my wife's, named " Toto," which she was 

 pleased to call a bull terrier. 



It was a hot afternoon when we left, but we were 

 comfortable enough, for I had reserved a through com- 

 partment and had a liberal supply of ice. The reserved 

 compartment was well worth the extra cost, for not only 

 did it save us from the intrusion of fellow-travellers, but 

 it obviated the necessity of changing at Saharanpur and 

 of getting up in the middle of the night when the train 

 reached Pindi. On arrival at that station our carriage 

 was cut off, and we slept comfortably till the morning, 

 when we woke to find ourselves at a quiet siding. 



Before leaving Lucknow, we had ordered a large 

 supply of stores from Bombay, and some tents from 

 Cawnpore, to be sent to Srinagar to meet us. I had 

 also arranged with the Tehsildar of Rawal Pindi, to have 

 six ekkas awaiting us at the railway station to take our 

 things on when we got there. 



Accordingly on the morning of the i8th when I left 

 the carriage, the ekka drivers were on the platform ready 

 to take over the luggage. We had intended starting 

 ourselves at the same time, but as one of our servants — 

 the khidmatgar — had contrived to get himself left behind 

 at Tilhar, we had to wait at Pindi for the day to allow 

 of his overtaking us. But there was no need to detain 

 the luggage, so I sent off nearly everything in charge of 

 the sweeper. The luggage was carried by four ekkas, 

 and could, I afterwards learned, have been taken easily by 

 three, for it weighed about 15 maunds (i md. = 82f lbs.), 

 and each ekka will carry 5 maunds. 



An ekka is a springless cart of peculiar shape moving 



