The larger houseboats, and these are in the majority, accommodate three persons. They are built of unpainted pine, nicely finished with scroll work and carved designs. Roois are gabled at the after end, the forward part forming an open veranda which may be covered with an awl ing, Within is a comfortably hed, screened living room. dining room and three bedrooms, each with a small communicating bath room.
Each houseboat has its accom pa ing cockboat, in which the owner and his family live. Guests are served only by male Kashmiri. Adult female members of the' boatman's family.
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