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pills (plenty, as one is always being asked for them), 

 quinine, phenacetine, chlorodine, castor oil, sulphate 

 of zinc, oil of cloves (for toothache), laudanum, 

 ipecacuanha, mustard leaves, vaseline cream, a 

 lancet and some lint, a dental forceps, which can 

 be given to the sufferer to experiment upon himself 

 with ; for ponies' backs, plenty of iodoform, per- 

 manganate of potash, perchloride of mercury, and 

 blue stone. Natives have a touching faith in the 

 white man, and if one is weak enough to begin, 

 there is no end to the giving of medicines, therefore 

 don't begin. 



Presents. A few things should be taken to give 

 to Chinese officials in return for the sheep, etc., 

 which they often send one. Crystallised fruits and 

 liqueurs are useful for this purpose, watches being 

 now rather a drug in the market, as so many travel- 

 lers have given them in the Yarkand country. 

 For all the lesser lights money is at once the 

 simplest and most acceptable present. 



Stores, clothes, etc., are best packed in yakdans. 

 These are leather-covered boxes, two of which are 

 slung across a pony with straps ; they wear very 

 well and are practically waterproof. Price in 

 Srinagar, rupees fifteen to twenty per pair ; they 

 should all be numbered, and a list kept of what is 

 in each. 



As for table and chairs, those of the Paragon 



