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A CASHMERE BOAT.
CHAP. V.
sonance as was now produced was never heard
"at tattoo or reveille o;" and they played at
both hours. We had also a Cashmere boat sent for
our accommodation, called the " purinda" or bird.
It was a complete skiff, about sixty feet long, and
pointed at both ends, so that half of the boat did
not even touch the water. I am informed that this
style of build, not unlike the gondola of Venice, is
general in the lake of Cashmere. The crew were
natives of that country; and they impelled then-
vessel by small green-painted paddles, with which
they struck the water in a peculiar manner. They
were very handsome and athletic men, dressed in
red jackets. The boat itself had a square bungalow
in the centre, with a flat roof; where we sat during
the cool of the evening. She was flat-bottomed;
and had her planks clamped with iron. Her motion
through the water was tremulous, and by no means
agreeable ; but the celerity with which vessels of
this kind move is acknowledged.
On the 13th of July, a deputation from the
Kardar of Kot Kamalia waited on us with pre-
sents of fruit, &c, and a sum of 1100 rupees.
A letter was brought, at the same time, from the
Maharaja, expressive of his great satisfaction at
our approach. The epistle was flowery to a degree
seldom met with even in the Persian language ;
and filled with similes about gardens, roses, ze-
phyrs, and fountains. Every word of a letter which
I had addressed to his Highness was declared
to be a bud of everlasting friendship ; and every
letter of every word was a blown rose! But the
A CASHMERE BOAT.
CHAP. V.
sonance as was now produced was never heard
"at tattoo or reveille o;" and they played at
both hours. We had also a Cashmere boat sent for
our accommodation, called the " purinda" or bird.
It was a complete skiff, about sixty feet long, and
pointed at both ends, so that half of the boat did
not even touch the water. I am informed that this
style of build, not unlike the gondola of Venice, is
general in the lake of Cashmere. The crew were
natives of that country; and they impelled then-
vessel by small green-painted paddles, with which
they struck the water in a peculiar manner. They
were very handsome and athletic men, dressed in
red jackets. The boat itself had a square bungalow
in the centre, with a flat roof; where we sat during
the cool of the evening. She was flat-bottomed;
and had her planks clamped with iron. Her motion
through the water was tremulous, and by no means
agreeable ; but the celerity with which vessels of
this kind move is acknowledged.
On the 13th of July, a deputation from the
Kardar of Kot Kamalia waited on us with pre-
sents of fruit, &c, and a sum of 1100 rupees.
A letter was brought, at the same time, from the
Maharaja, expressive of his great satisfaction at
our approach. The epistle was flowery to a degree
seldom met with even in the Persian language ;
and filled with similes about gardens, roses, ze-
phyrs, and fountains. Every word of a letter which
I had addressed to his Highness was declared
to be a bud of everlasting friendship ; and every
letter of every word was a blown rose! But the