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population. The crops are taken on account, 

 and are doled out in quantities just sufficient 

 to keep life and soul together. But little 

 worth buying, is to be found in the 

 Seerinuggur bazaars, and good shawls are 

 not to be purchased by the mere traveller, 

 being all made to order. 



Having seen enough of the capital, we 

 left the Shalimar Gardens on the 16th 

 August ; ourselves, men, dogs, and baggage, 

 all conveyed in boats, and ascended the 

 Jelum to Bij Badra, near Islamabad We 

 halted for breakfast, at the gardens below 

 the city, and looked over a fine collection 

 of skins and trophies of the chase, collected 

 by our host. 



From Bij Badra, we turned up the Palgham 

 Valley, in the hopes of securing a Hungul 

 stag; but the attempt was a dead failure, the 

 luxuriance of the bushes and of the under- 

 growth was such, that we could do nothing, 

 and although we persevered and tried very 

 hard, we never succeeded in even seeing a 

 stag. We got, however, several bears, and 



