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proved more than enough, and from the ist of August 

 on, 1 1 were sufficient. A fair estimate as to yaks can 

 always be obtained from the number of ponies which 

 are found necessary. Roughly, if this be reduced by 

 one-fifth, the resulting figure will be the number of yaks 

 required. Thus 15 ponies took our things to Gya, 

 where we had to change to yaks, therefore 12 of these 

 beasts should have been more than enough, especially 

 as some supplies had been consumed. I took 13, but 

 found that they were not all adequately loaded. 



The estimates I have given above deal only with 

 expenditure incurred while actually travelling on the 

 expedition. The cost of coming into the country, of 

 tents and camp equipage, of stores and clothes, of guns 

 and ammunition, has all to be added. This will vary 

 so much with a sportsman's means and individual tastes, 

 that it is impossible to frame an estimate which would 

 be generally applicable. Even the expenditure on 

 arriving at Srinagar, which might almost be considered 

 a constant quantity, may vary considerably. One man 

 may travel by tonga the whole way, or even, if pressed 

 for time, take a second tonga with his luggage. Another 

 may do the same journey in a couple of ekkas. As a 

 tonga costs Rs. 1 34 from Rawal Pindi to Srinagar, and 

 an ekka only costs Rs.21, the saving in using the latter 

 conveyance is very marked. It is simply a question 

 of means and time. The tonga might do the journey 

 in two days, but will probably take three. The ekka 

 will take six. 



I found it a good plan to occasionally give a sheep 

 as a present to the servants. I did this usually after a 



