THE CITY OF CASHMEliE. 3r,5 



advice. The palace, and all about his court 

 was dirty, and there was none of that 

 eastern magnificence, that one naturally 

 expected, at the royal court of Cashmere. 



The City of Seerinugger. or Cashmere, 

 is a filthy, poverty-stricken place ; albeit, 

 its general appearance, with the cedar 

 bridges, noble river, numerous canals, and 

 the towers of many mosques rising through- 

 out the city, is novel and picturesque. The 

 great natural advantages that Cashmere 

 possesses, in her climate, soil, and water, 

 cannot but make one regret, that where the 

 hand of heaven has been so bountiful, man 

 should be so degraded. A long series of 

 bad and oppressive government has wrought 

 the evil, and we have much to answer for, 

 in transferring the country to Gholab Sing, 

 selling it and its people, for filthy lucre. The 

 price he gave, was about twenty-six lacs, 

 somewhere about what the annual revenue 

 of Cashmere should be, under a good 

 government. The people, naturally a fine, 

 handsome race, are a half-starved wretched 



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