472 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



ordinary pair, and regretted that both were not of the 

 best quaHty. I had no telescope, but immediately I 

 reached the ground, I saw that even the better bino- 

 culars were not good enough, and wrote for another 

 glass. I was sent an article priced at Rs. 120 at the 

 shop in Calcutta, and this was a great improve- 

 ment on what I had, but even it was hardly powerful 

 enough. If I were going again, I would take two 

 really expensive binoculars and one first-class telescope. 

 These are articles on which it is true economy to spend 

 money freely. The binoculars are required to search a 

 hillside thoroughly for game, and when its presence has 

 been detected, the telescope comes in to show whether it 

 is worth pursuing or not. The telescope, with its small 

 field, would pass by much game which the binocular 

 reveals. That is why the latter is required for the 

 preliminary search. But the powerful glass shows the 

 size of the horns, and enables the sportsman to decide 

 whether he will go in pursuit or not. If I had had a 

 telescope on the 19th of May, the ibex shot that day 

 would not have been touched. Binocular telescopes, 

 small enough for the pocket, and yet of great power, are 

 to be had, which would be just the thing for a sportsman 

 to keep always by him. I much regretted not taking a 

 pair. 



A pocket barometer is very convenient for giving one 

 an idea of the height, and a maximum and minimum 

 thermometer is also interesting. A small thermometer, 

 in a folding case, which I carried in the brief bag, was 

 what I used when I was too lazy to take out and hang 

 up the larger instrument. The latter should be pro- 



