236 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



Starting for Tibet, came with us, as this was on his 

 route. When the sun went down there was a dehghtful 

 balmy breeze. I did not require a blanket till near 

 dawn, when I pulled one over me. 



We had a bad day on the 14th. To avoid the heat 

 we started at half-past five in the morning, and reached 

 the Marshillong bridge over the Indus about eight. 

 Here we parted from Church, who kept along on the 

 right bank while we crossed over to the left. We 

 stopped for an hour at the Marshillong rest-house, and 

 had some tea in a sort of verandah room. About half- 

 past nine we left for Upshi (9 miles off and 20 from 

 Rombiabagh), where we did not arrive till just one 

 o'clock. The road runs along a rocky and sandy track 

 without a particle of shade, and the heat was exces- 

 sive. Hade Hosein, the khidmatgar, became faint from 

 fatigue and heat, and lay down under a rock till we sent 

 a pony back from Upshi to bring him in. Our tent was 

 pitched in a pleasant grove, close to the point where 

 the Gya river falls into the Indus. The hot day was 

 succeeded by a delightfully cool and pleasant evening, 

 and we greatly enjoyed our dinner outside our tent 

 under the trees. 



On the 15th we left the hot Indus valley, and 

 marched up the Gya stream to Miru, where we found 

 the Beeches encamped. Beech was out shooting, but 

 we spent a pleasant day with Mrs. Beech, and about 

 5 P.M. started for Gya, to which place our things had 

 meantime gone on, and where we arrived about dusk, 

 having covered some 14 miles. 



The whole of the march up the Gya river w^as 



