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well on emergency, but in the long run it does not 

 pay. 



Food supply is an important matter. Tibet, 

 Turkestan, Mongolia may be termed a mountainous 

 desert region at all events the parts of it frequented 

 by the wild sheep. Anything like fruit berries or 

 green food is not to be found. A good supply of 

 Californian dried fruit and vegetables should be 

 taken, plenty of bacon, tinned butter, tea and sugar, 

 rice and flour. Baking powder is most important, 

 for a course of unleavened bread will soon upset the 

 stomach of the ordinary white man. Tinned milk is 

 also very useful ; if not taken with tea it is always 

 good to make puddings. Sardines and potted meat, 

 macaroni, cheese, and a good supply of jam and 

 marmalade are needed. 



As for dress, a Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers 

 of good Scotch tweed or Cashmir " puttoo," a Terai 

 or double wide-awake hat, with a cap in the pocket 

 for stalking, are all wanted. Boots are very important 

 for Asiatic shooting. The best in the world are 

 Scafe's patent. They can be put on any boots. Care 

 should be taken that the india-rubber tabs should 

 project well from the sole, otherwise they do not grip 

 the ground sufficiently. On grass slopes, wet or dry, 

 loose rubble and rocky debris, flat rock, cliff-climb- 

 ing, snow, or ice, there is nothing better. They are 

 silent withal a most important point in stalking the 

 sheep. A pair of knee-boots lined with fur or sheep- 

 skin, to wear in camp at night, are absolutely essential, 

 for in most parts of Asia wood for a camp fire is not 



