CHINESE TURKESTAN 



WITH CARAVAN AND RIFLE 



CHAPTER I. 

 OUTFIT, ETC. 



IT now becomes necessary to describe our own 

 doings, and it is as well to begin at the begin- 

 ning, by giving a fairly comprehensive list of what 

 we took with us, commencing with the things which 

 we thought it necessary, or preferable, to bring out 

 from England. There are not many of these, the 

 first and most important being arms and ammunition. 

 We each took the battery described, and for the 

 class of shooting I do not think it could be bettered. 

 The question of rifles is a vexed one to enter upon, 

 as every sportsman has his own ideas on the subject ; 

 but I propose to give mine an airing now that 

 I have the opportunity. I may mention paren- 

 thetically that some of my remarks are obviously 

 intended for beginners. 



A "303 or other Small-bore Rifle. To my mind 

 the chief advantage of these rifles is the absence of 



