SIR FRANCIS AND LADY YOUNGHUSBAND 33 



boxes are anchored in the river at Srinagar : hundreds 

 find their way down-stream from Islamabad to 

 Baramula, floating about on the canals and lakes, 

 past the three great romantic side valleys, discharging 

 their victims here to-day and there to-morrow. 



Wherever Nature beckons, a halt is made, and the 

 unfortunate captain must wander about inland with 

 man and mouse for days at a time, putting up tents, 

 and with the help of the full moon falling into 

 ecstasies and learning to yodel. 



Thus does the globe-trotter enjoy Cashmere : 

 the mountains, the water, the trees, the people, and 

 the tinned eatables. Thus does he worship the dolce 

 far niente^ sleep and dream all from the Happy 

 Valley ! With enthusiasm he moved in, and with 

 still greater enthusiasm does he move out. Poor 

 Madame di Philippi ! Will she prove the exception 

 to the rule and find peace in her rocking house ? 



