494 SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS OF KASHMIR chap. 



Rs. a. p. 



For servants ..... 374 M o 



,, coolies and ponies . . . 424 13 o 



,, food . . . . . . 94 5 o 



,, miscellaneous . . . . 66 3 6 



960 3 6 



The transport charges include the cost of extra post- 

 runners whenever employed, and that of sending in the 

 horns and skins to Srinagar. Under miscellaneous has 

 been entered the various tips given at different times to 

 lambardars, the Haramosh Munshi, and others. The 

 total is too high in the matter of travelling and servants, 

 partly because I vv^as overcharged occasionally, and also 

 because I had more permanent coolies than v^ere neces- 

 sary. Any one could, I think, do a three months' trip 

 in Baltistan very easily on about Rs. 250 a month. 



As to Ladak, I should think the same rate vv^ould be 

 amply sufficient. A shikari there should not cost more 

 than Rs. 15 a month plus Rs.5 for rasad. This was 

 what I paid Rupsang, and a better shikari I do not wish 

 to have. The remaining charges would be much the 

 same as in Baltistan. If the sportsman takes his wife to 

 Ladak as I did, the cost of his transport and food will be 

 nearly doubled, but his servants will cost him but little 

 more than if he were alone. The following may be 

 taken as a fair estimate : — 



Rs. a. p. 

 ■§ I shikari at Rs. 1 5 + 5 rasad . . 20 o o 



g I cook at Rs. 1 5 + 5 rasad . . 20 o o 



,5; 



Carry forward . . 40 o o 



