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SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



always be at hand in the brief bag. The pocket-knife 

 I Hke best is that obtainable at the Army and Navy 

 Stores for 3s. 4d. It contains, in a metal handle, one 

 blade, one button-hook, one champagne opener, and one 

 corkscrew. This knife I habitually carried in my pocket. 



The best skinning knives are, I think, the common 

 butcher's knives to be bought in England for sixpence 

 a-piece. An edge should be put on the back in Kashmir, 

 half the way up from the point. Leather sheaths, with 

 a loop for the belt, can be made for these in Srinagar, or 

 the shikari will make them for himself with a bit of 

 sheepskin, as Abdulla did. The shikari and tiffin coolie 

 should each carry one knife, so that, when an animal is 

 shot, the hide may be got off as quickly as possible. If 

 a third man is available to help, the sportsman can lend 

 one of the knives he carries himself. 



The hunting knife may be of any pattern which 

 pleases him best, but it is not, as far as my experience 

 goes, of much use, and I gave up taking mine. 



Far better was the inultum in parvo knife I carried 

 in a leather case swung on my belt. This had been 

 specially made to my order by Messrs. John Round and 

 Son of Sheffield, and contained the following things in 

 an aluminium handle : — 



I large blade. 



I small ,, 



I saw. 



I triangular borer. 



I tin opener. 



I pair scissors. 



I button-hook. 



I universal cartridsre extractor. 



I corkscrew. 



I file and small turnscrew. 



I champagne opener. 



I gimlet. 



I gun-pick. 



I bodkin. 



I pair tweezers. 



I large turnscrew. 



