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CONTENTS
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CHAPTER XIV
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Water streets—A Sikh who desired proselytes—Possible faiths A sick
Sahib—Some truisms of life in the tropics 166
CHAPTER XV
I start for cooler regions—Good ponies and annoying attendants—I loose my
temper and feel the heat—Arrived in cooler regions—I arrange my
camp and note the colour of spring flowers 178
CHAPTER XVI
Worried by my camp—I wander into the woods—Am consoled liy the trees
but depressed by the absence of Nanga Parbat—Catch a glimpse of him,
but my raptures are rudely interrupted by irrelevant menials - - 190
CHAPTER XVII
To escape damp I climb to greater elevations—^Meet storms and stones
Return to the shelter of trees and sing the praises of botany - - 203
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CHAPTER XVIII
Wishing for a day of experiences—I have one superfluous emotion—Later
I achieve the second object of my pilgrimage—An unrestful mount
Other folks' facts about the fauna of the land 215
CHAPTER XIX
A few facts and still fewer names indicating the history of Kashmir—Kings,
ancient and modern, of varying temperaments, ending with a model
ruler 231
CHAPTER XX
Of joltings and jarrings—Wild ponies and fair ways—A gentleman in khaki
discusses the empire with one of the holy army—The seamy side of an
Indian summer—Homeward bound 245
Conclusion 265