rn in Scotland, particularly on New
Year's Day, it having been (according to the Greek derivation of the
name) an antidote to drunkenness!
Amira Kadal, The highest of the seven bridges at Srinagar; a fine modern
structure, replacing that built by Amir Khan Jawan Sher, the Pathan, who
also built Sher Garhi.
Anda, Egg.
Anna, the sixteenth part of a rupee, value one penny.
Apharwat, One of the Pir Panjal range, which rises above Gulmarg, height
14,500 feet.
Aru, A small village, beautifully situated about seven miles above Pahlgam.
Asti, "Go slow."
Astor, A district on the main route from Kashmir to Gilgit, the village is
about ninety-two miles from Bandipur. Two passes (the Rajdiangan, or
Tragbal, 11,800 feet, and the Boorzil, 13,500 feet) have to be crossed.
About ten passes are issued each season to sportsmen, markhor and ibex
being the game.
Atchibal, A village seven miles from Islamabad, where many springs burst
out from the rocks. Atchibal was a favourite pleasure-garden of the
Mogul Emperors, the remains of which still exist.
Aurungzeb, The last of the six "Great Moguls"; deposed and imprisoned his
predecessor Shah Jehan in 1658, and reigned until 1707. Bigoted and
intolerant, he shares with Sikander the odium of having destroyed many
of the ancient Hindu temples of Kashmir.
Avantipura, The modern village is near the extensive ruins named after
King Avanti Verma, which formed once the capital of Kashmir.

Bahamarishi, (_Baba-pam-Rishi=_Father Smoothbeard.) A village some three
miles below Gulmarg; the ziarat is named after a rishi, or ascetic, of
the sixteenth century.
Baloo, (Kashmiri, _Harpat_) "Rara avis in terras, nigroque similima
cignis." _Anglice_, a bear.
Bandipur, An important village on the north shore of the Wular Lake, the
starting-point for Gilgit, &c. Oddly enough, Bandipur is not marked on
the Ordnance Map.
Bandobast, A bargain or arrangement.
Bappa, An eighth-century Rajput hero, and ancestor of the present chiefs
of Mewar; appears to have had strong Mormon proclivities.
Baramula, The third town in Kashmir, having some 900 houses, is built on
the Jhelum at its outflow from the Kashmir Valley: it is also built on
the west focus of seismic disturbance in Kashmir, and was destroyed by
an earthquake in 1885, when 3000 Baramulans were killed. We were unaware
of these interesting facts on the morning of April 4! The "Palms of
Baramoule," which Moore