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pleasant when sleeping on the ground. If the sportsman 

 requires a bedstead, he should get this tent made, so as to 

 have the walls about 2 feet high. They should also be 

 provided with rings, at intervals of a couple of feet along 

 the edge, so that they can be pegged down. A ventilator 

 in the roof would also be an advantage, and I would 

 suggest a few pockets on the inside of the walls. 

 Church had a tent of this kind, which had been specially 

 made to his order, and very comfortable it seemed. 

 Hooks attached to a strap to go round the tent pole are 

 most useful. The cost of a Sowar's pal is Rs.34 at the 

 Elgin Mills, Cawnpore. It is not provided with a carpet 

 or a durrie, but this is not required. It is very essential 

 that the outside colour should be khaki, as this renders 

 the tent far less conspicuous than if it were white. In 

 the Elgin Mills tents the colour is perfectly fast. 



If the sportsman is married, I do not think he can do 

 better than use what is called a Kashmir tent, such as we 

 had when we started from Leh. These tents are a little 

 heavy, as mentioned already, but having a double fly 

 extending over the bathroom, they are fairly warm, and 

 being 10 feet by 10 feet they are quite sufficiently 

 roomy. The inner fly should be supplied with pockets 

 all round, and a thick cord running through rings 

 sewn to the fly at intervals of 2 feet above the 

 pockets. These are very convenient for stowing away 

 things which would otherwise lie about and litter the 

 tent. The walls should be made in one with the inner 

 fly, to keep out draughts, and the colour outside should 

 be khaki, to render the tent as little conspicuous as 

 possible. The three poles should be jointed in the middle. 



