CHAPTER XII.

THE RESIDENT OF CASHMERE.

Gond--Officer of the Connaught Rangers--A State Prisoner-- Our Gascon Captain--Silvertail--M’Kay on Eastern Mountain Scenery--The Walloor Lake--Palhallan--Our Chokedar--Taken for Wandering Jugglers--Vale of Gulmurg--Our Camping-ground--A Favourite Excursion--Hospitality of the Resident of Cashmere--Polly the Pug--Calling the Mares home--Hindoos and Animal Suffering--Effects of Campaigning on Servants 227