48o SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



ing for particular sheets. For instance, on the outside of 

 Quarter Sheet No. 45, S.E., I wrote as follows : — 



Q. S. 45, S.E.— Leh, Tankse. 



The sheets required for Kashmir, with the principal 

 places shown on each, are given below : — 



Sheet 28. — The valley of Kashmir, showing Mozuffarabad, the Borzil, 

 the Zogi La, and Islamabad. 



Sheet 45.- — Dras, Kargil, Lamayuru, Leh, and the Nubra valley. 



Sheet 46. — Zaskar and the Tso Morari Lake. 



Q. Sheet 27, N.E. — Haramosh. 



Q. Sheet 27, S.E. — Skardo, Rondu, and Astor. 



Q. Sheet 44, S.W. — Parkatta and the Shyok river. 



Q. Sheet 63, N.W. — The Lingzingthan plains. 



Q. Sheet 63, S.W. — Changchenmo. 



O. Sheet 64, N.W. — Rupshu and Rudok. 



O. Sheet 64, S.W.— Hanl^. 



In addition I would recommend the Route Map for the 

 Western Himalayas, published by the Survey of India, and 

 also obtainable from Messrs. Thacker, Spink, and Co. 



The best boxes in which to carry one's things when 

 travelling in Kashmir are, I think, yakdans or mule trunks. 

 These can be procured in Srinagar cheaper probably than 

 they can be bought elsewhere. I took a number made 

 at Cawnpore into the country with me, and paid much 

 more for them than if I had bought them locally. They 

 are generally provided with two strong rings near the 

 hinges, so that a pair can be roped together and hung 

 one on each side of a pony's back. Mine were all so 

 furnished, yet, such is the perversity of human nature, I 

 do not think I ever saw the rings used by any pony 

 owner or yak driver for the purpose for which they 

 were intended. Care should be taken to see that 



