6 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



which we had left the plains of India were not nearly 

 warm enough. We here made the acquaintance of Mr. 

 and Mrs. W. Mitchell, who, with their two children, were 

 on their way also into Srinagar. Mr. Mitchell, who had 

 spent many years in Kashmir and shot a great deal, very 

 kindly gave me a lot of most valuable information as to 

 the shooting to be had there. 



On the 20th we went as far as Uri, another stage 

 of about 35 miles. The bungalow here is a particularly 

 good one, most picturesquely situated on a small plain 

 closely surrounded by mountains. During the day's 

 drive we saw a bridge made of a single rope. A loop 

 was hanging from it, into which, while we were looking, a 

 man got, who then let himself swing down by his own 

 weight to the middle. A light line was attached to the 

 loop in which he sat, connected with the two ends of the 

 bridge, and when the impetus of his swing was over, his 

 friends on the far bank began pulling the line to help him, 

 while he worked away at the main rope with his hands and 

 thus wormed himself, so to speak, across. His progress 

 after passing the middle was slow, and his position above 

 the foaming Jhelum seemed very precarious indeed. 



Close to Uri there are two rope bridges side by side ; 

 one of a single rope and one of three. When on our 

 way back from Kashmir I was able to get a photograph 

 of these.^ At Uri we heard of a fine markhor- which 

 had been seen in the Kajnag mountains just opposite to 

 where we were, and I resolved to look him up at the be- 

 ginning of the winter if he had not been shot by then. 



1 See illustration on p. 65. 

 2 Capra falconer i. The largest variety of wild goat. 



