98 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



it were the edge only of the peak, whereas when I 

 crossed the Indus I was able to see the full width of its 

 face. All these huge mountains were visible from my 

 tent door, the great glaciers of Haramosh looking so 

 close that it seemed as if I could throw a stone on to 

 them. 



On the 22nd nothing was seen but females and young 

 males, so the next day we moved camp to the other side 

 of the ridge, where Abdulla said he knew of a suitable 

 bit of ground. While this was being done we went 

 higher up, to a place then under deep snow, and after- 

 wards down a ridge on the western side. From the 

 highest point we reached the view was very extensive, as 

 Bunji lay immediately below us, and Gilgit was visible, 

 a large green oasis on the banks of the Gilgit river. 

 Not far below the point where this stream flows into the 

 Indus we could just see the suspension bridge which 

 here carries the Gilgit-Srinagar road. There were no 

 markhor anywhere about, so after breakfast we made for 

 the camp, and as it was early had it struck, and marched 

 down to the Indus, so as to get to the nalas on its right 

 bank, which we next proposed to try. 



We reached the river about 5 p.m., striking it near 

 some goatherds' huts, and camped on the sand. The 

 village of Honuspa, which we were to go through next 

 day, lay a little higher up on the opposite side of 

 the river, which was here spanned by a single rope by 

 way of a bridge. A man sitting in a loop of rope could 

 work himself across with this contrivance, as we had seen 

 on the way to Baramulla, but laden coolies could not 

 cross. This was why the rope was of no use to us, and 



