CASHMERE

oe familiar <pelling { Kashmir, a native state among the limalayas, on the Shee waters of the a in north-west India. It is con by a British Resident, and is age a3 a frontier state. The itary station of Gilgit watches its orthern pa es, and Chitral guards the rest, and is occupied by British troops. t is a land of valleys, and ita chief ip ‘rinagar, lies in the famous Vale Yashmere. (2) A fabric woven from the ong, age ety hair of the Cashmere oat., hair is brought from Tibet ind the highlands of Bokhara, to be span [s. 92]