COST OF EXPEDITION 231 



Before proceeding to other scenes, a few details of the 

 cost of my expedition will be useful. The yaks, ponies, 

 and coolies had been with me for one month and six days, 

 reckoning from the time they were hired to my return to 

 Pobrang, where they were discharged. For that period the 

 expenses were as follows : — 



Hire of eight yaks .... Ks. 

 Hire of two ponies .... 

 Hire of goats ..... 

 Wages to Paljour, 8 annas a day (I 



kept him on as far as Tanks(5) 

 Wages of Pamber and another man 

 Cost of four sheep .... 

 Bakshish ...... 



Total, Ps. 136 5 



Or three rupees twelve annas per diem. These figures 

 prove that this kind of sport is not really expensive when 

 managed with ordinary prudence. Of course the carelessly 

 rich or inexperienced sportsman will probably have to 

 pay double. He should, however, bear in mind that the 

 extra money he dispenses will not find its way to the people 

 who have actually done his hard work, but into the 

 bottomless pockets of the rascally Kashmiri shikari, or of 

 the confidential English-speaking servant who runs the 

 whole show, including his master. The simple remedy is 

 to pay each individual with your own hand. 



