[INDIA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING SKETCHBOOK] — D.H.S | Over the Hills and Far Away. [Kashmir: 1890]

Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

[INDIA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING SKETCHBOOK] — D.H.S

 Over the Hills and Far Away. [Kashmir: 1890]

Folio (13 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.; 340 x 210 mm). Title page hand-drawn in pencil, 34 pencil sketches (from 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.; 31 x 29 mm, to 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.; 222 x 155 mm) pasted onto leaves, with 24 pp. of manuscript travel narrative in ink; some toning and smudging, a few stray spots. Bound in hand stitched birch bark, and contained in an Imperial Cadet Corps file folder with drawstring; minor shipping and peeling to bark, minor toning and soiling to folder.

A manuscript shooting diary, chronicling a journey through Kashmir

"It was noon on the 24th of April 1890, and blazing hot at that, when Ward, Peter & I debauched into Guzerat railway station with all our troubles before us, but full of courage, especially Peter [the dog]." The author of the narrative—seemingly only identified as "D.H.S."—then goes on to relate the various aspect of the journey through Kashmir, to include various angling escapades.