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Here they were met by the governor of the upper parts of the valley , and he gave them very useful details of the state of parties in Chitral , and of the roads they would have to follow . He accompanied the force on the next day 's march , and billeted all the troops in the villages ; for which they were thankful enough , for they were now getting pretty high up in the hills , and the nights were decidedly cold . They were now crossing a serious pass , and had reached the snow line ; and the troops put on the goggles they had brought with them to protect their eyes from the dazzling glare of the snow . At two o'clock they reached the post at Ghizr , which was held by a body of Kashmir sappers and miners . The place had been fortified , and surrounded by a strong zereba . The troops were billeted in the neighbouring houses , and they halted for a day , in order to allow the second detachment of the Pioneers and the guns to come up . Here , also , they were joined by a hundred men of the native levies .