Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 19.2.6

19.2.6

As soon as we entered a house, he distributed my sweetmeats among the children, and then everybody was sure to flock around us, the married women and the single girls, young and old, with the two-fold object of being seen and receiving a share of the present. The indulgence of my curiosity drew many roupies out of my purse ; but it left no doubt on my mind that there are as handsome faces in Kachemire as in any part of Europe. It remains only to speak of my journey through the mountains, from Bember to this place, with which I ought perhaps to have commenced my letter ;— of the little excursions I have made in the country, and finally of all which it has been in my power to collect concerning the other mountainous tracts that encircle this kingdom.