456 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



made with Mr. E. Keventer, of the Dairy Farm, Aligarh, 

 for, say, a pound of fresh butter to be posted every week 

 to Srinagar. It will be sent on from there to the post- 

 office nearest the sportsman's beat, and reach him with 

 his letters. 



Cabin biscuits are a pleasant change from chupatties, 

 or even scones. I had none with me, and often wished 

 for them. 



Potatoes, onions, and rice would, of course, be bought 

 in Srinagar. A liberal supply is required, as the Kash- 

 miris will assist the sportsman in getting rid of them, 

 and it is not possible to prevent this. The onions and 

 rice they specially appreciate. 



Alum and arsenical soap are necessary for the skins, 

 and vaseline for cleaning the guns, and (if the vinolia 

 cream gives out) for lubricating the face. 



Some one who can speak with authority (I think it 

 is Mr. Norman in The Far East) says that no one but a 

 traveller knows the value of tea. I can endorse that 

 remark from my limited experience. Until I went to 

 Kashmir I had no idea of its value. I was under the 

 impression that cocoa and milk was one of the most 

 sustaining things I could take, and during the earlier 

 marches, when going to Baltistan, I used up several 

 tins at chota hazri and breakfast. I occasionally 

 varied cocoa with tea, and began to find that when 

 I drank tea I was fitter and could walk better than 

 when I took cocoa. It was particularly noticeable in 

 the difference between the walk in the forenoon and 

 that in the afternoon. At first I almost always took 

 cocoa at chota hazri, and usually tea at breakfast, and 



