A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil

by T. R. Swinburne

Chupatty, A flabby sort of scone.

Chuprassie,

Cockburn’s Agency, The nearest approach to “Whiteley’s” in Kashmir.

Dâk, Post. Dâk Bungalow = posting station.

Dal Lake, Dal means lake (in a plain), while nag is a mountain tarn.

Dandy, A sort of enclosed chair with four projecting arms, wherein pretty ladies are carried when it doesn’t suit them to walk.

Degchies, Cooking utensils—best made of aluminium, owing to the unclean ways of native scullions.

Dekho, See, look! Delhi, The capital of the Mogul Emperors, dating from 1638, when Shah Jehan commenced to build the great fort. The ancient city lies some miles to the south. Delhi was taken by General Lake in 1803.

Deodar, (Kashmiri, Diár.) Cedrus Lebani, var. Deodara. The most valuable tree in Kashmir, where it was formerly abundant. It is now chiefly found in the north-west districts, and it is carefully cherished by the “Jungly Sahib” and his myrmidons.

Dobie, The thing that ruins all your shirts and causes you to shatter the Third Commandment.