A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 306 pages of information about A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil.

A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 306 pages of information about A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil.

KARACHI TO SRINAGAR (16 Days)
Rail and baggage expenses to Pindi 12 6 8
Landau and two ekkas to Srinagar, inclusive of
   gratuities, tolls, &c. 10 10 8
Hotels, Dak bungalows, &c. 13 18 9
Duty on firearms (repayable on leaving) 1 16 8
Resais, waterproof for luggage, kettles, &c. 1 19 3
Servant’s fare to Karachi, wages, &c. 2 12 8
          
                                        ---------- 43 4 8
          
                                                  -------------
                            Carry forward 216 13 3

EXPENSES IN KASHMIR (6 Months)
                                                   L s. d.  L s. d.
            Brought forward 216 13 3

Food, wine, washing, cigars, &c. 72 7 3
Wages, inclusive of various clothes 42 9 9
Amusements, golf and tennis subscriptions, &c. 11 7 2
Hire of boats, tents and equipment 17 6 5
Transport coolies and ponies 33 14 11
Hire of hut at Gulmarg 5 6 8
Sundry furniture, cooking gear, yakdans, &c. 9 0 8
          
                                       ----------- 191 12 10

BARAMULA TO BOMBAY (1 Month)

Landau and four ekkas, with gratuities and tolls. 13 14 0
Dak bungalows, hotels, &c. 18 5 8
Wages, inclusive of gratuities 6 14 0
Rail, Pindi to Bombay (via Udaipur) 16 17 0
Baggage 5 2 8
Hire of carriages, &c. 1 4 11
          
                                        ---------- 61 18 3
Loss by exchange on cheques. 5 19 7
          
                                                  ------------
                                      Total 476 3 11
          
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INDEX AND NOTES

ABBOTABAD, A frontier station garrisoned by a mobile force of Gurkhas and
  Royal Artillery, whence any descent from the Black Mountain or Chilas
  country can be checked.  Named after Lieutenant Abbot, who reduced the
  neighbourhood to order in 1845-48. 
Aden, Occupying a warm corner just outside the straits of Babol-Mandeb;
  was the first addition made to the British dominions in the reign of
  Queen Victoria, having been taken from the Arabs in 1839. 
Agates,
Agra, Rose to importance under the Moguls, becoming their seat of
  government after Akbar quitted the city he had built, Fatehpur-Sighri,

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