272 FOREST LIFE AND SPORT IN INDIA 
ground with goal-posts of solid stone, and admired 
the ruins of the paved road that once led to this 
ancient capital; along the length of this path were 
a multitude of stone waterspouts, now dry and filled 
with earth, and we questioned the oldest inhabitant, 
who claimed to remember when running water was 
plentiful, “before,” he said, “the forests were cut 
down.” There were none there now, and we shot 
chikor partridge in a thorny scrub that now clung 
to crevices in the rocks, where once the shade.of the 
forest had yielded coolness and moisture to a larger 
population ; then onwards, to find the march from 
Kishtwar to Jaunmu a toilsome nightmare of atro- 
cious paths and much fatigue. It is recommended 
that no one should go this road save for penitential 
purposes, nor does Jaunmu present any attractions, 
save when the Méhdrdja dispenses princely hospi- 
tality to the great. 
Kashmir is now commencing its industrial career 
in earnest by harnessing the Jhelam to supply many 
thousand horse-power to the city of Srinagar and to 
the industries in the neighbourhood. But, though 
not a tithe of the available force is yet utilized, the 
better regulation of the flow of the Jhelam has had 
to come under consideration, the wild floods that 
yearly spread devastation in the valley have to be 
controlled, and engineers are already engaged in 
dredging the bed of the river, so that the Woolar 
Lake may be drained and defined limits assigned to 
the flow of the river. Later on attention may be 
turned to its catchment area in the hills, and in the 
interests of this new enterprise careful protection 
will be afforded to the forests above. There is 
