Travels in Ladâk, Tartary, and Kashmir

· 1862 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

1Tartary^ and Kashmir. 1 9

2him, always shallow and superficial, with no great

3depth of character or channel, wedded for ever

4to the lean " ribbed " sand of India, who,

5warmest and most importunate of dames, holds

6him, despite his struggles, always, always, in her

7yellow arms : a sad change, this, from the fun of

8his tricksy childhood — the freedom of his gush-

9ing youth — the poor young man can't stand it

10any longer ; bored to death, he resolves on

11suicide, and dies self-immolated in the waters of

12the Indus.

13Eeaders of a geographical and matter-of-fact

14turn of mind, to whom this fancy sketch may

15appear unsatisfactory, will find a full, true, and

16particular account of the mighty Sutlej in the

17note, which has been compiled from sources the

18most reliable.

19The bridge over the Sutlej at this point is a

20noble one of its kind, formed of lengthy deodar*

21beams, supported at either end by piers formed

22of mighty timbers wedged for half tneir length

23in the solid rock ; the other half stretches out

24over the gulf below, and is surmounted by other

25* Gedrus deodara.

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