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I shikari at Rs.25 + 5 rasad 

 ■^ I cook at Rs. 12 + 5 rasad 

 ^ I tiffin coolie at Rs.8 + 2.8 rasad 

 0^, 3 permanent coolies at Rs.7 + 2.8 rasad 



Total 



Total cost of servants for three months 



Add for occasional local shikari 



Coolies and ponies — -about 1 6 men or 8 ponies a day, at 



Rs.4 a day .... 

 Food at R. I a day 

 Miscellaneous .... 



I generally found that 16 coolies were enough in 

 addition to 5 permanent men when marching into 

 Haramosh. When going about the nalas there with a 

 small camp, and when crossing to Astor, I generally had 

 7 to 9 men. From Astor to Bandipur I had 8 ponies. 

 No doubt I could all through have managed with less 

 transport, but I did not care to run the matter too fine, 

 and winked at a good deal of laziness on the part of the 

 Kashmiris. It is always wiser to spend a little more 

 than is necessary, and keep a contented camp, than to be 

 too particular about trifles, and thereby turn the men 

 rusty on whose willing co-operation so much of the 

 success of the expedition depends. 



My actual expenses from the 26th of March, when I 

 started from Manasbal, to the 28th of June, when I 

 arrived there for the second time, were : — 



