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SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR 



Others I saw, dirty, and smelt of ghi, which was being 

 burned as usual in big vessels of brass. There was no 

 daylight except from the door and a draped skylight. 

 All the hangings, though of the finest Chinese silk and 

 richly embroidered, looked filthy. The roof was made of 

 small logs about 2 feet long and 2 inches in diameter, 

 supported on dirty wooden pillars. A row of long 



Watch-Dogs in Hanle Monastery. 



cushions at either side indicated where the Lamas sat 

 during service. There was a big resonant drum and a 

 pair of cymbals, as part of the sacred furniture. There 

 were two altars, tawdry structures, decorated with tinsel 

 and with lights burning before them. In front of the 

 Gompa was a courtyard ornamented with long poles 

 supporting coloured rags stamped with prayers. Every 

 flutter of the rags is equivalent to a repetition of the 



