viii SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR 



latter is shooting in Laclak. Though the marches are 

 wearisome and most of them long, there is rarely any 

 racing amongst sportsmen for nalas, riding ponies are 

 always procurable, and the ground is easy almost every- 

 where. But in Baltistan the case is entirely different, 

 chiefly owing to the keen competition for nalas. A 

 sportsman going there must race, and practically no 

 lady could travel at the pace necessary for this, even 

 if she were good over bad ground and had no objec- 

 tion to rope bridges. 



The illustrations are all from my own photographs. 

 As explained in the text, most of my negatives proved 

 failures ; but a few were found fit to reproduce. * 



The names given to the Kashmiri shikari and tiffin 

 coolie are fictitious. In all other cases the real names 

 have been employed. 



I have to acknowledge the assistance of many 

 friends, who were kind enough to read the proof sheets, 

 as well as the courtesy with which I have been treated 

 by my publisher, Mr. Rowland Ward. 



