CHAPTER XIII 



JUNE 13-27 MISHKIN TO BANDIPUR 



Balochi — Hilbu — Ditchil Pass — Garhi — Third red bear — Los— Gilgit road 

 — Godai — Sardar's chowki — Borzil Pass — Great difficulty — The Pass 

 shelter — -Minimerg — -IVIapenun — Olphert's camp — Stay at Mitchell's 

 at Gurais — Rajdiangan Pass — Major Yielding — Trouble with the 

 Kashmiris — Started by boat. 



The following morning (the 13th of June) we began 

 with a long climb in the shade of the hill, meeting the 

 sun when we topped the ridge. A few markhor, females 

 and small males, were descried a long way off, but no 

 other game. A sharp descent led down to Balochi, a 

 pretty village, in which, however, only one or two houses 

 were occupied. The headman was very civil, and brought 

 me some milk. There was a lot of terraced cultivation, 

 but most of the fields were choked with weeds, as the 

 people, for some reason, had gone away elsewhere. Here 

 we had to go down to cross the stream, as the ground 

 was too precipitous higher up. A long descent brought 

 us to the river, and we waded over, the water being as 

 usual painfully cold. On the opposite side we sat down 

 amongst some bushes and had breakfast. 



Meantime the stream kept getting deeper with the 



