OUTFIT, ETC. 



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It is difficult to give a line as to expenses, so 

 much depends on the route taken as well as on 

 the size of the caravan ; but the joint expenses 

 of two sportsmen travelling together for a year 

 should certainly not exceed fifteen thousand rupees 

 (,1,000), and would probably be a good deal less ; 

 this estimate includes buying ponies, etc., but not, 

 of course, the journey from England or the cost 

 of things brought out. It is better to err on the 

 safe side and not risk running short. 



Indian notes can be changed in Yarkand or 

 Kashgar. I could not get sovereigns changed in 

 Tashkent. 



TABLE OF VALUES 



rupees. 



Yarkand, Kashgar, and Aksu. 



i rupee = y to 8 tongas. 



50 pul = i tonga. 



1 6 tongas = i seer. 



i pul does not exist, the only 

 small coin being a copper one 

 with a hole in it; it is worth 

 2 pul. 



1 =9*35 roubles (about). 

 100 kopeks = i rouble. 



Kuldja. 



5 yermak = i tin. 



20 tin= imizcal. 



5 mizcal = i tonga, 

 but 8 Kashgar tongas only make 

 i Kuldja tonga; so 2 Kuldja 

 tongas = i seer. 



i rouble = i tongas. 



Tisa, or Chinese notes for one seer each, are 

 current only in Kuldja and consequently have a 

 slightly depreciated value. Yambus, or ingots of 

 silver worth about fifty seers each, are commonly 

 used, pieces of them being cut off and weighed for 



