CHAPTER XXIV 



GENERAL HINTS 



Hints only for those who do not know Kashmii^ — Sportsman should settle 

 what game he will go for — Colonel Ward's book for localities — 

 Importance of arriving early and travelling fast — A good shikari 

 should be secured — The chota shikari a fraud — Ladak shikaris — • 

 Cook — Permanent coolies — Pay of servants — Rasad — Currency notes 

 — Changing notes in the interior. 



As many men annually visit Kashmir for shooting 

 purposes who have never been there before, it has 

 occurred to me that some hints as to the country, its 

 people, and the requirements of a sportsman visiting its 

 nalas, would probably be found useful. The remarks 

 in this and succeeding chapters have therefore been put 

 together, and are based mainly on my own experience. 

 It must be clearly understood that they are meant solely 

 for those who do not know Kashmir, as I should not 

 venture, after only one season's shooting, to make sug- 

 gestions for the guidance of men who have been in 

 the country before. 



When a sportsman has made up his mind to visit 

 Kashmir, with the object of shooting, the first thing he 

 should do is to definitely settle what game he proposes 



