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above the sea, that it is very easy to go wrong about the 

 time of exposure, and the correct stop to use. I should 

 have done much better, if I had developed some of my 

 negatives before leaving the places in which they had 

 been exposed. 



Jharans, or kitchen cloths, are a source of much 

 trouble. It is quite impossible to get a Kashmiri cook to 

 keep them clean, and it is out of the question for the 

 sportsman to look into the matter to any extent himself. 

 The only possible way that I know of to ensure some 

 degree of cleanliness, is to occasionally visit the kitchen, 

 and make a bad row if dirty jharans are in use. If this is 

 done at reasonably frequent intervals, some effect will be 

 produced, and the cook will be deterred from straining 

 the soup through a jharan which is black from rubbing 

 out a greasy saucepan. A lady can partially insure 

 cleanliness, by taking in the soiled jharans every day and 

 giving out clean ones. It is a matter of some importance, 

 as cleanliness and health are closely connected, and the 

 Kashmiri is, without exception, the dirtiest servant I 

 have yet seen. The washing of jharans should be made 

 the daily duty of the permanent coolie who helps in the 

 kitchen. 



My box, containing the tins for stores in daily use, had 

 a padlock, and was of great service. In it I kept my tea 

 and sugar while in Baltistan, and my tea, sugar, figs, 

 butter, and cheese when I went to Hanle and Traal. It 

 is necessary to keep tea and sugar locked up when the 

 Kashmiri is about, as he is particularly partial to both, 

 and it is a serious matter if either of these necessaries 

 runs short, where, as in Baltistan, it is impossible to make 



