The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains (9781407656021)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1863 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 28 CHAPTER III. 8IRINUGGUR TO THE WURDWAN. 3rd May. To the city of Sirinuggur -- the immediate object and termination of the first part of my journey. The road was indifferent and uninteresting, running through a low level country with undulations, more or less elevated, and watercourses. We passed some splendid chunar trees, and occasional stretches of verdant turf; and on either side, adjoining the road, were growing large patches of lilies, blue and white, scenting the air with the most delicate perfume. About a mile from the city one enters an avenue of poplars, leading on to a bridge crossing the river Jhelum which flows through the midst of the city; and from this bridge one obtains a general idea of the city itself. The impression is far from favourable, the houses appearing mean and in a state of ruin and neglect, the population squalid and dirty. Nor does a more intimate acquaintance remove this impression. The site of the city is beautiful, the surrounding scenery all that could be wished, but man, in himself and his works, has disfigured and defiledas lovely a spot as could be anywhere selected in the universe. 1 was conducted to a small house on the Jhelum, called Colonel Browne's house, from his frequently residing there. It is kept for the senior officer arriving, and I happen at this time to be that important individual. There was no noticeable difference between this and the eight or nine small residences on either side. They are paltry buildings, only calculated for roughing it 'en gar9on.' They are, however, pleasantly situated on the right bank of the Jhelum, at considerable int...

Product details

• Format Paperback | 352 pages
• Dimensions 140 x 216 x 19mm | 408g
• Publication date 16 Jan 2010
• Publisher Hardpress Publishing
• Publication City/Country Ann Arbor MI, United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note Illustrations, black and white
• ISBN10 1407656023
• ISBN13 9781407656021

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