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my receiving any serious injury, and the horse was brought up by 
a block of stone just upon the edge of a precipitous rock.” 
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“ The animals and birds of Kashmir are much the same as those 
of Hindustan. The horses are small and indifferent. Sheep are 
plentiful, and the mutton is well flavoured ; the fat is particularly 
white. Whether this is owing to any peculiarity in their feed, I 
shall not undertake to determine ; but although it would be very 
possible to prepare an ample sufficiency of hay for winter fodder, 
the preference is given to the leaves of certain trees — as the walnut, 
willow, mulberry, elm, and several others, which are considered 
much more warming and nutritious than hay, especially for sheep. 
Small branches, after having been cut when in full leaf, are imme- 
diately so disposed within the first forks of the tree to which they 
belong, as to be thereby retained ; and although loosely piled, yet, 
in consequence of being entangled amongst themselves, are not 
detached by the wind ; neither do they lose their leaves, nor are 
the latter in any respect injured. This forage is reserved for the 
severe part of the winter, when the cattle are driven under the 
trees in which the store is suspended, and the dry branches being 
pulled down, the leaves are eaten by them with great avidity. 
When grass is stored for winter fodder, it is twisted into thick ropes 
immediately after having been cut, and in this state hung across 
the upper branches of trees, without other preparation, for hay ; 
it thus keeps free from rottenness, and, generally, even from mould- 
iness, notwithstanding the great quantit}' of rain and snow that falls. 
Grass thus dried is given to the cattle in the morning, and leaves in 
the afternoon and evening: oil-cake, made of linseed, walnut kernels, 
mustard seed, along with the seed of cotton, are given to fatten cattle, 
as are flags, or the leaves of sedge. The prangos, which likewise 
grows in Kashmir, is also largely used as winter fodder.” 
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“ From Aibek to the foot of the mountains was about eight miles. 
There were several towns in ruins, having been destroyed by 
Murad Beg, who had made slaves of their inhabitants. There still 
remained a number of inhabited villages, and the land, where culti- 
vated, was well tilled and watered. Every village had large 
droves of brood mares, and they were more numerous than cows : 
they were generally about fourteen hands high, sometimes too long 
in their bodies, but, in other respects, well formed. They would 
have been well worth from two hundred and fifty to three hundred 
rupees in Hindustan : here they were purchased for a toman or a 
toman and a half, or from twenty to thirty rupees. 
“ In order to elude the vigilance of the Yesawal and his detach- 
ment, it was agreed that three of my horses should be led into (he 
