CHAPTER X.

Environs of Kashmir -- City lake -- Gardens of Shalimar and Dilawer Khan -- Pampur -- Avantipura -- Platforms of lacustrine clay -- Mountain of Wasterwan -- Ancient city -- Clay, with shells and fragments of pottery -- Ancient temple imbedded in clay -- Lakes caused by subsidence -- Islamabad -- Shahabad -- Vegetation -- Vernag -- Banahal Pass -- Valley of Banahal -- Tropical vegetation -- Pass above Chenab Valley -- Nasmon -- _Jhula_, or Swing-bridge -- Balota -- Ladhe ke Dhar -- Katti -- Fort of Landar -- Mir -- Kirmichi -- Tertiary sandstones -- Dhuns -- Seda -- Jamu 285