تقرير عن رحلة في كشمير كتبه ديفيد لوكهارت روبرتسون لوريمر ورسائل من إميلي أوفرند لوريمر إلى والديها تم إرسالها من البحرين وكرمان [و‎‎٣‎٥‎٠] (١٢٩١/٧١٩)

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87 - 2 - 1913 .
H:jro is post—dfij almost upon us again without our Booming to
hav > had tim > to broatho. I for os )o wo shall s-oon b.' sighing for
tho fortnightly posts of Bahrein — but that is tho only thing wo
shall find to sigh for 1 This is a positively >xciting social
centre by comparison. Mr. Rico and Th > Mission iadi )s invit id ail
tho Buropoans to a picnie last Friday. Mr. Steward join >d us for
lunch aaid after it the four of us (including Mr. Gardner) sot off
on our ponies to find the spot. They had chosen a gully running
up into tho hills at th > back’of tho golf course ahout throe miles
off. As soon as wo had locaitod th i place, Ly th > signs of a few
sorvamts ana donk >ys, ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية :> founa wo had still som > tim> to spare
ooioro the tea—hour, so wo went off across the pla.in for a ride.
Tn pa^rts the plain is v >ry stony, but qy judiciously choosing your
track you can have oxc >11 >nt clear gound for a cantor. rod)
out a good distance almost to the foot of the "Black Rock", a gr jat
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rugged mass of rock with a flat top that is a woii—known landmark
in the plain. Th in wo turned and mad > our wi-.y to the party.
After a bit of a climb up the gully that recall id som • of the
climbing oi our march, wo found tho tea spread out on a knife—like
ridge oi rock from which th >ro was a glorious vi >w across the
picturesque vail iy to the distant mountains beyond. Th * sun caught
the ridge aid k .ipt us ail pleasantly warm. W > had a jolly tea,
a most lavish collection of cakes, tarts ana sandwiches, snd lots
>L^ After tea we walk id a iittl) furth ir up the gully to
tn i so-call id "Spring of C^dw-milk". It c^n’t have be in locking its
the spring, for there weren’t more than about 2 gallons of wate<
-fying in h littlj pool urid<)r som i overhanging rocks. It must b>
a place of pilgrimage on a small scale for we saw doz ms of tatter id
rags dangling from the nearest bush; rags are a favorite form — and
one must admit an admirably inexp msive one — of offering at a
£iii ine in ch isvi p<-'.rts. Not only th i oush was dtisfigured by th i rags
ixit som i enterprising spirits had contrivid to fix a numb ir to the
rock-roof by means of little mudpies thrown up wet. The ingenuity
of the idea was undeniable, out you couldn't admire the soraid
stalactites. After an hour or so the sun b igan to sink and th.i
evening became quite chilly, so we all said farewell and scamp .ir d
horn i. It was a very pi ;asant afternoon.
On Sunday for moon Mr. Newman had promts d to call and carry
Lock off for a game of golf, so we asked him to come round to break-