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every precaution, and that misses, if they occurred, would 

 not be attributable to mistakes which foresight and care 

 could avoid. 



The cartridges for the .303 were, I understood, loaded 

 with 40 grs. of rifleite and Jeffrey's split bullets, weighing 



Road in Srinagar lined with Poplars (p- 54)- 



209 grs., and were obtained ready made from the Army 

 and Navy Stores, Bombay. The rifle came from the 

 same establishment. I had never used a weapon of this 

 bore, and bought it more as an experiment than from any 

 great faith ; but I had heard men speak so highly of 

 its value, especially for hill shooting, that I thought it 

 was worth while giving it a trial. 



