CH. VI MAP OF THE GREAT BEND OF THE INDUS yy 



About lo P.M. we entered the village, having covered 

 some 6 miles, and as a drizzle had begun, we selected a 

 shady tree each, and proceeded to discuss our breakfasts. 

 About twelve o'clock we went out towards the north- 

 west to get an idea of our shooting ground, and the two 

 main nalas, which send their waters into the Indus within 

 a short distance of each other, were pointed out to us. 

 These are known as Jutyal and Khaltar. They were par- 

 tially visible from where we stood, and we agreed to toss 

 for them. My shikari told me to choose Khaltar if I won 

 the toss, so as to be able to get on to the nalas to the 

 west towards Gilgit. Bond tossed and I called "heads," 

 and the rupee turned up "tails." Turning to his shikari 

 Bond said, "I have won, which nala shall we have?" 

 and the man promptly answered " Jutyal." So Bond took 

 Jutyal, and we were both satisfied. By the time we got 

 back to where we had breakfasted our things had come 

 in, and choosing a nice piece of grassy field near a clear 

 bubbling stream, I had Bond's little tent put up, and as 

 it rained pretty steadily the rest of the day, I was very 

 glad of the shelter it afforded. The quarter-inch map of 

 the country round the Great Bend of the Indus (Indian 

 Atlas Quarter Sheet 27 A.N. E.) gives a somewhat wrong 

 impression of the tract it represents. No doubt the 

 course of the river, and the high peaks, Haramosh and 

 Deobani and others, are correctly given, but the contour- 

 ing of many of the nalas is wrong, and nearly all the 

 villages, inclu^'ing Sarsal, the principal one in this district, 

 are omitted. The half-inch map which accompanies this 

 book is more accurate. The course of the Indus, and the 

 positions of the great peaks, principal valleys, and well- 



