440 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chai'. 



Agency, where, as the management is European, the 

 articles would probably be better. One ingenious 

 subaltern I met told me that he spent a morning in 

 croino- backwards and forwards between two of the native 

 shops in Srinagar, and by pitting one against the other, 

 succeeded in getting the tent, chair, table, and washhand- 

 stand he required at one rupee a month for the lot ! This 

 was using the principle of competition to very consider- 

 able advantage, but it cannot always be carried so far. 



Furniture, suitable for camping, can also be obtained 

 at reasonable rates from the Government \\ orkshops, and 

 if the sportsman is early in Srinagar, before the best 

 things are sold out, he could rig himself out fairly well 

 here, as a good stock is generally then available. 



There are also a couple of very good gunsmiths, who 

 work exceedinoflv well in iron and brass, and can restock 

 a weapon very neatly. One of these, a man of the name 

 of Usmana, was employed by me to make a foresight 

 protector, and did it well. He also made me a very 

 neat ivory foresight, and browned my wife's rook rifle. 

 He showed me some excellent testimonials from sports- 

 men who had preceded me. 



Articles made of leather will also have to be bouQ^ht, 

 such as chaplis (leather sandals) and leather socks. 

 These are not obtained from the shops, but from traders 

 called chapli wallas, who will be certain to make them- 

 selves known to every visitor on his arrival. 



The great majority of the things the sportsman re- 

 quires he will necessarily bring into the country with him, 

 and as a guide in selecting these it would be impossible 

 for him to do better than generally follow the advice of 



