CHAPTER XXV 



THE BATTERY AND TENTS 



Srinagar shops — Hiring things — Government workshops — Gunsmiths — The 

 SportsDian^s Vade Mecuin for the Himalayas — The Lee-Metford the 

 best weapon — Hits hard — Flat trajectory — Accurate at long ranges — 

 Slight noise — No smoke — Light cartridges — Cheapness — Double Lee- 

 Metfords — A second carbine an advantage — Flanges near sight should 

 be filed off — Bullets — Ends should be rounded — Shot-gun should 

 shoot ball — Number of cartridges — Tents — Sowar's pal — Kashmir 

 tent — Pegs. 



Some of the articles which the sportsman requires are 

 either procurable only in Srinagar, or are best obtained 

 in that city. There are several shops where these can 

 be bought, the best known being those of Mahomed Jan, 

 Bahar Shah, and Sammad Shah, who call themselves 

 bankers and shawl merchants, and are prepared to 

 supply the stranger with everything he requires, from a 

 shikari to a toothbrush. Besides the things they sell, 

 they keep a miscellaneous supply of tents, furniture, and 

 other shooting requisites, which they are prepared to 

 hire out. These things require very careful selection, 

 but should something have been forgotten, or have gone 

 astray, it may be necessary to hire. Tents and furni- 

 ture can also, I believe, be obtained from Cockburn's 



