122 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR ch. viii 



died down, and the cold breeze from the upper parts of the 

 cave began to lower the temperature all round, I awoke 

 shiverinsT, and beean to wonder how much more of the 

 night I had to get through. There was not enough 

 wood left wherewith to replenish the fire, and the single 

 lui I had over me was not quite adequate covering in that 

 ice-filled cave. I sat up and considered what to do. 

 The cave was not sufficiently high to let me stand up- 

 right, and even if it had been, the floor space was not 

 enough to let me walk about. In front of me the big 

 icicles from the roof gleamed in the flickering light of the 

 dying fire, and the snow in the corners and crevices of 

 the rocks shone ghostly white. It was bitterly cold, and 

 I wondered how I was to stand it till morning. Then it 

 occurred to me that I had heard or read somewhere, that 

 if a blanket worn in th^ ordinary way is not warm enough, 

 pulling it over one's head adds greatly to the heat it gives ; 

 so I lay down again and rearranged the lui, putting it 

 over my head and tucking it under the bag. The effect 

 was surprising. I quickly ceased to shiver, and in a few 

 minutes fell asleep and did not awake till morning. 



