A Lonely Summer In Kashmir

In Giving These Recollections Of A Lonely Summer Spend In Kashmir To The Public, Ifeel That More Than A Passing Word Of Apoology Is Needed For The Egoistic Tone Running Through Them; With The Best Will In The Word To Eliminate It, The First Person Singular Reappears With Monotonous Frequency. In The First Place, The Very Essence Of Travilling In An Undeveloped Country Tends To Selfishness; A Wanderer In Europe Can Give His Whole Mind & Time To Historic Sights Around Him, In Sparsely Civilised Countries It Is Different; The Would -Be Explorer Spends Weeks Before Hand Making Careful Plans For His Own Comfort & Security, & He Who Caters For Himself Best.It Is Almost Impossible In Such Surroundings For Him Not To Fall Into The Prevailing Illusions That He Is A Little In God On Wheels.