The romantic East: Burma, Assam, & Kashmir - Khamkoo

154 THE ROMANTIC EAST
at a quarter-past eight,
and there the horses were
changed by the light of straw and pinewood torches,
but we got a good pair at last, and arrived at
Nedou's Hotel, Srinagar,
within an hour. Having
telegraphed from Baramula that we were coming
on, we found refreshments and beds awaiting us,
and did justice to both.
We were informed that the mails which left
Rawal Pindi on Sunday, February 26, arrived at
Srinagar in the first hour of Thursday morning,
taking over seventy-four hours to come through
instead of the usual thirty, or at most thirty-six,
hours.
NOTE TO CHAPTER XVI
STAGES ON
KASHMIR ROAD
T^ , T. ,. Above sea.
Distances from Rawal Pmdi. .