River Houseboat Sojourn in the Lofty Vale "Each elephant—1 rupee, 8 anr After reading this line on the signboard at the toll-bridge which is reached in midmorning on the all day journey from Rawalpindi to the Vale of Kashmir, one may watch in vain ior a single elephant, writes Amanda Heyden to the New York "Times." But although one sees none. it may thrill to know that the beasts are still occasionally met on this mountain roa Unless you wish to spend a night at a Dak bungalow where a modation are primitive, you order your touring car (the popular model in India) to call for you an carly hour in Pindi. Suitcases and the bedding rolls which are a necessary adjunct to the traveller's kit are securely strapped on the luggage rack. Dark glasses and a thermos bottle filled with cold boiled water will add to comfort on the trip.
The road ascends rapidly, and after the sweltering heat of the plains the resh, cold air seems to impart new life, At Domei, which marks the border of Kashmir, you will be allowed to proceed on the assurance no firearms or beef s Hindu. That sect holds cattle In Kashmir, as in India, the animals roam the streets at will and the punishment for deliberately killing one of them is twelve years in prison
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