112 DEESS AND HABITATIONS. 



sandals strongly and neatly plaited.* The 

 cottages in the Himalayas, with their over- 

 hanging eaves, and lower stories occupied 

 by cattle, resemble greatly the Swiss chalets. 

 The Puharries have one disagreeable failing, 

 both their houses and persons are dirty, and 

 they seem to have a dread of any external 

 application of water 



The Puharries are generally willing to sell 

 what supplies they may have to travellers ; 

 but in no case should a party trust to this 

 source, but have articles for their own 

 consumption carried with them. 



The only luxuries to be procured in the 

 hills, are wild fruits and vegetables. At 

 the head of the list, I place the rhubarb, 

 which is found in many parts of the 

 Himalayas, and is indeed a great luxury. 



* The sandals worn in the difterent valleys vary considerahly, 

 both in materials and manufacture. Those in use in the Gan- 

 goutrie valleys are the best, being formed of a leathern sole, with 

 plaited leather half-way up, and finished over the foot with 

 worsted. In Kidu and many other districts the sandals are 

 formed entirely of straw. In Koonawur and aromid Simla, they 

 somewhat resemble those used in the Gangoutrie and Jumnootrie 

 valleys, but are of an inferior description. 



