Veronica anagallis.
Euphrasia officinalis,
Pedieularis (pink—sweet scented).
,, bicornuta.
Verbena offinalis.
L a b ia t a .
Mentha sylvestris.
Thymus serpyllum.
Calamintha clinopodium.
Salvia glutinosa.
Salvia hians.
Nepeta erecta.
,, eiliaris.
„ raphanorhiza.
Prunella.
Lamium album.
Phlomis bracteosa.
P lantaginas.
Plantago major.
POLYGONACEAS.
Polygonum alpinum.
,, amplexicanle.
,, rumicifolium.
Rheum (wild rhubarb).
Rumex acetosa.
,, hastatus.
T hymelacaceae.
Daphne caunabnia.
„ oleoides.
Salic ineae.
Salix Wallichiana.
,, Hastata.
LoBANTHACEAi.
Viscum (two varieties).
U ktio a c ea :,
Urtica dioica.
SoLANACEÆ.
Solanum nigrum.
Belladonna.
Hyoseyamus niger.
P kimülaceas.
Primula rosea.
,, denticulata.
,, elliptica.
,, purpurea.
Audrosace (rose, purple).
Oleaceae.
Jasmimum humile.
Syringa emodi.
Fraxinus communis.
Cam pa n u la c eæ .
Codonopsis rotundifolia.
Phyteuma (blue).
E kicaceae.
Rhododendron campanulatum.
,, arboreum.
,, Anthopogon.
R o b ia c eæ .
Rubia eordifolia.
Galium triilorum.
,y. boreale.
,, verum.
R osaoeæ.
Primus padus.
,, cerasus.
Spiraea vestita.
,, canescens.
Rubus niveus.
;; fruti cosus.
Fragaria vesea.
Geum elatum.
Potentilla agrophylla.
,, nepalensis (?).
Alchemilla vulgaris.
Agrimonia.
Rosa moschata.
Rosa macrophylla (?), many varieties,
have , been unable to identify ' or
name them.
Pyrus aucuparia.
,, malus.
Crataegus oxyacantha.
Cotoneaster bacillaris.
,, microphylla
A FO O T TH EO T JG H T H E
KASHMIR VALLEYS
CHAPTER I
Afoot and light-hearted 1 take to the open road—
Healthy, free, the world before m e ;
The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose.
-— W. Whitman.
Of the curious habits of babus and tongas—Of the wickedness
of ponies and disagreeables of an overcrowded dak bungalow—
The Jhelum valley.
“ T o n g a hai? Kahan hai Kochwan? Babu hai? ”
Then as bad Hindustani had no effect, and silence and
darkness echoed “where?” I tried a little forcible
English, and demanded why a reasonable being should
be asked to arrive at the dak station at two in the
morning in the pouring rain if there was no tonga
and no driver? This time sheer volubility produced
a reply, and under a gigantic umbrella there emerged
from the Pindi railway station a shivering clerk in
limp white clothing and grey cap. “ What did I
want ? ”
I answered to the point, “ my tonga.” The clerk