2i6 HAUNTS AND HOBBIES 



stretched before me, broad and verdant, the beautiful 

 valley of the Doon. Beyond it, bounding the horizon 

 from east to west, like a vast unbroken wall, rose the 

 Himalaya. Presently we came to the cultivated 

 country; and there on the margin of a fallow field, 

 and close adjacent to a small village, I found the carts 

 unladen and the tents erected. The next morning 

 I marched on to the little town of Dehra, where I 

 remained for some few days. 



