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platforms to ask prepared questions or to make notes on the crafts I
could see there. Given these constraints, I cannot pretend that informa-
tion is m any way complete, but it does perhaps provide a basis for
understanding the working of the village. I had no equipment for making
observations of the weather, nor was there any local weather station
which could provide relevant data for comparison.
In the last phase of my work, for ten days at the end of August, I contin-
ued the comparative part of the survey by visiting Hunza (Karimabad,
Altit, Baltit, Gulmiti, Khodabad, Sust, Husainabad), and Yasin, measur-
ing four houses, collecting the building terminology, and photographing
mosques and houses. As I entered Yasin on 26th August we found the
road guarded by armed local militia in an attempt to prevent the recur-
rence of a raid from Darel earned out the previous night. As we left on
28th we learned that there had indeed been another raid the previous
night, and that two villagers had been killed. Had we not been delayed
that night by a lack of fuel, we might well have been caught in the
fighting. By the time 1 returned to Chilas on 29th the trouble in Darel
had developed into a rebellion: five Frontier Constabulary, four police
and ten local people had been killed, and a thousand government troops
were being moved m. All jeeps were impounded, including our own, to
prevent unauthorised movement. Under these conditions it would have
been unwise to continue work in the area, and it was plain that the
authorities, wholly preoccupied with security, would no longer be ready
to help. Furthermore, the Forestry Office was becoming impatient at my
continued use of their lodge. At this point I managed to retrieve our jeep,
as German Government property, and left.
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could see there. Given these constraints, I cannot pretend that informa-
tion is m any way complete, but it does perhaps provide a basis for
understanding the working of the village. I had no equipment for making
observations of the weather, nor was there any local weather station
which could provide relevant data for comparison.
In the last phase of my work, for ten days at the end of August, I contin-
ued the comparative part of the survey by visiting Hunza (Karimabad,
Altit, Baltit, Gulmiti, Khodabad, Sust, Husainabad), and Yasin, measur-
ing four houses, collecting the building terminology, and photographing
mosques and houses. As I entered Yasin on 26th August we found the
road guarded by armed local militia in an attempt to prevent the recur-
rence of a raid from Darel earned out the previous night. As we left on
28th we learned that there had indeed been another raid the previous
night, and that two villagers had been killed. Had we not been delayed
that night by a lack of fuel, we might well have been caught in the
fighting. By the time 1 returned to Chilas on 29th the trouble in Darel
had developed into a rebellion: five Frontier Constabulary, four police
and ten local people had been killed, and a thousand government troops
were being moved m. All jeeps were impounded, including our own, to
prevent unauthorised movement. Under these conditions it would have
been unwise to continue work in the area, and it was plain that the
authorities, wholly preoccupied with security, would no longer be ready
to help. Furthermore, the Forestry Office was becoming impatient at my
continued use of their lodge. At this point I managed to retrieve our jeep,
as German Government property, and left.
108