6 CHINESE TURKESTAN 



With regard to clothes Kashmir puttoo is both 

 serviceable and cheap. We had to take a consider- 

 able variety of clothing with us on account of the 

 extremes of heat and cold in Central Asia ; but I 

 do not propose to give a list of it, and will only 

 say that fur-lined coats can be got in Srinagar, and 

 that a fur rug is equal to many blankets. One re- 

 spectable suit of tweeds is necessary for paying calls. 



Tents are best got in India. We each of us had 

 one double fly-tent about 8 feet by 8 feet, and one 

 single tent about 6 feet in the straight, with the back 

 semicircular. The small tents were lined with 

 puttoo. The small tents are most useful for short 

 excursions from the main camp, in heavy wind or 

 cold weather, and, of course, take much less time to 

 pack up in the morning. The equal saving of time 

 in pitching them is not of so much importance. 

 Servants' tents should be single, their number de- 

 pending on the size of the caravan. All tents 

 should be khaki-coloured, if only for the reason that 

 this does not show the dirt like white, and so is 

 neater. 



Bags for packing tents in should be of good 

 canvas, and very strongly made ; the ones usually 

 supplied wear out at once, and the tents suffer in 

 consequence. 



Tent-poles should all be jointed for convenience 

 of carriage ; the leather bucket plan is the best way 

 of packing them i.e. two leather buckets with eyelet 



