Ibex Shooting in the Thian Shan Mountains 



exactly like the name on the passport. These 

 cards are left at every opportunity. 



At the Army and Navy stores in London we 

 bought our camp beds, folding candle-lamps, two 

 large tents, two small shelter tents for servants 

 and to use when away from the main camp, a fold- 

 ing table, a couple of camp chairs of the Roorkee 

 pattern, and two hot water plates, which later we 

 found most useful when the weather was cold. 

 We also bought three thermos bottles and a couple 

 of haversacks to carry lunch in. My battery con- 

 sisted of a double 360 rifle by Eraser of Edin- 

 burgh, with a single rifle of the same caliber in case 

 of accident, and a shotgun. I had a pair of field 

 glasses and a large telescope by Steward, of Lon- 

 don. The glasses were used in finding game, the 

 telescope in examining more closely the game when 

 found, and also in watching ibex when a stalk was 

 impossible. If I were going again, I should take 

 an extra pair of glasses in case of accident, and for 

 the men, who soon learned to use them. A couple 

 of pairs of good shooting boots with plenty of nails 

 and with iron heel-pieces with spikes, completed 

 our outfit, while for clothes we had Norfolk jackets 

 and knickerbockers of a neutral color. 



When in London I tried to get an interpreter 

 who could speak English and Russian, but with- 



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