When the sun does not shine, the warmth of a fire is far from un-
pleasant. [Couplet]. .. .? In short I have neither seen nor heard
of any country equal to Kashmir, for charm of climate during all
the four seasons.
In the town there are many lofty buildings constructed of fresh
eut pine. Most of these are at least five stories high and each
Story contains apartments, halls, galleries and towers. 'The beauty
of their exterior defies description, and all who behold them for
ihe first time, bite the finger of astonishment with the teeth of
admiration. But the interiors are not equal to the exteriors.
The passages in the markets, and the streets of the city, are all
paved with hewn stone. But the bazaars are not laid out as they
are in other towns. In the streets of the markets, only drapers and
retail dealers are to be found.  Tradesmen do all their business in
the seclusion of their own houses. Grocers, druggists, beer-sellers
[fukái] and that class of provision vendors who usually frequent
markets, do not do so here. '"l'he population of this city is equal
to that of [other] large towns.
