230 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



I thought, be useful in procuring information about game 

 from the nomads. He knew very Httle Hindustani, but 

 enough to act as interpreter. His Hindustani had only 

 one tense — the past — and it was therefore sometimes 

 difficult to follow him, when he intended himself to be 

 understood as referring to the present or the future. 



In the way of furniture we carried two camp beds, 

 three folding chairs, three very small folding-tables, one 

 india-rubber bath, and two washhand-basins with wooden 

 stands. One basin was enamelled iron, and had a 

 leather cover, which was fastened on by buckle and 

 strap, and in it were carried soap, a small towel, comb 

 and brushes, etc. The other was the rickety thing I 

 had used in Baltistan. 



One of the most useful things we had with us was a 

 tiffin-basket of English make fitted for four. We had 

 slightly improved on the original fittings, by adding two 

 iron enamel ware cups and saucers, and an electro-plate 

 teapot, with a folding handle, containing canisters for tea 

 and sugar. The teapot was procured from Sunder Lai, 

 electro-plater of Agra, and was most convenient. Every- 

 thing required for breakfast was contained in the tiffin 

 basket, except a kettle and frying-pan, which were 

 fastened on outside or carried in his hand by the tiffin 

 coolie, who was a man engaged for this special purpose 

 each day we marched. 



From the 6th to the 12th I was engaged deciding on 

 the course to pursue, and making the necessary arrange- 

 ments. Wheat had to be obtained and ground into 

 flour for our own use, and a supply of atta (wheaten 

 whole meal) bought for the servants, and all packed in 



