The trip through the western Indian Provinees proves the enormous work, which has been done and still Is done by the British authorities, to cultivate desert land with astonishing success.
From Peshawar I drove up Kashmir. Indeseribably beautiful is the! high plateau of this State. In the] midst of many placid lakes filled with] water iris lays the capital Srinagar. The autumn colours of red, brown! citron-yellow and silverish green de-cerate the trees and bushes and the bright sunshine makes everything look so cheerful. The plateau is sus rounded all round by snow clad mountains, which shine beautifully in the sun.
Most of these peaks are over 15,000 high, the highest is the Nanga Parbat with 27,000 height, which has never yet been climbed. In the west rises the Hindukush from! where I came 21,000 ft. high. In the east the Nunkun' Massif rises 23,000 ft. and In the south the Banihal 15,000 ft., over the latter range I drove my car, sing the Banihal Pass highroad, which is led on the top of the pass through the mountain by a tunnel 9,000 ft. above sea level.
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