352 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap, xix 



that, as it was now late in the year, this would be a very- 

 cold route, and the Tagalang might be under snow. He 

 recommended going back along the Indus, over which 

 the usual cold-weather bridges would by now, he said, be 

 built, and where there were no passes to cross. For these 

 reasons, and wishing also to see new country, I agreed to 

 his proposal. 



