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and snow of tlie Himalaya Mountains to the semi-tropical 

 climate of Bombay, and therefore had to bring a considerable 

 variety of clothing. We have also provided ourselves with 

 saddles, Edgington's hill tents, and three eases of tinned 

 provisions, soups, Swiss preserved milk, jams, &c. Alan's 

 battery consists of two 450 express rifles, one 360 express 

 rifle for antelope, one 12 bore gun, and one pea rifle. Add 

 to all this, fishing rods, cartridge boxes, and the innumerable 

 packages of odds and ends without which no self-respecting- 

 servant will travel, and you make up a total which demands 

 two bullock-waggons to convey it from the station. Thank 

 goodness ! we shall leave a great part of this impedimenta 

 at Lahore, only taking on with us what is absolutely 

 necessary for the journey to the hills. Tents, camp furniture, 

 kitchen things, &e., which will be required when marching, 

 we intend to buy at Kashmir. 



In the evening we took a voiture-de-place, called, I 

 believe, a " first-class ghari," and went for a drive round the 

 cantonments. There are many of these vehicles about, of 

 three classes to suit all purses. They would rather surprise 

 a London cabman. Imagine an old-fashioned, but eminently 

 respectable-looking, barouche-like carriage, hung very high, 

 lined with red morocco, and attended by two native servants 

 (coachuran and footman), dressed like Ali Baba in a panto- 

 mime ! All this magnificence can be hired for little more 

 than a shilling an hour, or five shillings by the day. 



