A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil

by T. R. Swinburne

Nagas, Human-bodied, snake-tailed gods.

Nagmarg,

Nanga Parbat, A great mountain in the Chilas country, 26,620 feet high (the fourth in point of height in the world), Mommery and two guides were destroyed in 1895, probably by an avalanche, while attempting the ascent.

Nassim Bagh, (“The Garden of Delicious Breezes”) A favourite spot in the days of the Mogul Emperors. Akbar planted 1200 chenars.

Neem tree.

Neve, Dr. A. He and his brother are surgeons to the Kashmir Medical Mission, where for many years they have carried on the somewhat thankless task of benefiting the natives.

Nishat Bagh, (“The Garden of Drink”)

Nopura, A village on the Pohru.

Nourmahal, (“Light of the Palace”), or, more properly, Nur Jehan Begum (“Light of the World”), was the wife of Jehaugir, celebrated in Mooree’s Lalla Rookh. Her life story was very curious. See Forster’s Journey from Bengal to England, London, 1798.

Nullah, A valley or ravine.