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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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which had been set me had been successfully accomplished, was
satisfaction indeed, and that night of my arrival in the Gilgit
Agency was another of those times the recollection of which
is impressed indelibly upon my memory.
After staying a few days at Gilgit, we set out again for
Kashmir. The season was now late, and the Burzil Pass,
thirteen thousand four hundred feet, and the Tragbal Pass,
eleven thousand two hundred feet, had to be crossed. On
December 13 we crossed the former, and three days later we
descended from the Tragbal into the valley of Kashmir once
more. The round had been completed ; we had crossed seven-
teen passes, and attempted two more, and had travelled through
as rough a country as any that could be found. I now parted
with my Gurkha escort, and they told me for the first time that,
before leaving the regiment, their head native officer had told
them that if anything happened to me on the journey we were
to undertake, not a single one of them was to return to disgrace
the name of the regiment to which he belonged. They must
not come back without their officer. The Gurkha havildar, as
he told me this, said they had all been ready to make any
sacrifice for the success of the expedition ; but they had had no
hardship whatever, and he thanked me for all the care I had
taken of them during the journey. These Gurkhas were splendid
little men ; I felt all through that I could have trusted them in
anything, and it was hard to part with men who had been ready
to lay down their lives for me at any moment, who were my
only companions for many months together, and for whom I
had come to feel so strong a personal attachment.
They returned to their regiment ; the havildar and the naik
were promoted, and they all received substantial money rewards
and a certificate of commendation from the Government of
India.
The Pathan orderly also returned to his regiment, where he
was promoted, and received a money reward and a similar
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