260 WILD SPORTS OF BURMA AND ASSAM 



you be unfortunate enough to be laid low with an attack of 

 malarial fever. 



Liquor. 



Light Pilsener or Lager beer, or any other liquor you may 

 wish to take out with you, such as whisky, brandy, Beaune 

 claret, Vermouth, etc. I would suggest, however, that the 

 less liquor taken the better, as no man can do a real good 

 day's work on foot after big game such as gaur or elephant 

 with a hamper in his immediate rear consisting of a bottle 

 of whisky and half-a-dozen soda. A peg at lunch, and one 

 perhaps during dinner at 8 p.m., is quite enough for any man 

 who wishes to keep himself in condition in a tropical clime 

 like Burma. More men are invalided home from the East 

 from the results of over-feeding and too many whiskies and 

 sodas, hanky pankies, cock-tails, and other mixtures, than 

 from any ether cause. A few bottles of. rum, gin, whisky, or 

 brandy should be taken for your hunters, who should have an 

 occasional dram after sunset round the camp fire after a 

 successful day. A Burman " mokso," or hunter, loves his 

 " peg " after a hard day's tracking, but he invariably prefers 

 it neat, without either water or soda. 



Saddlery. 



A good panel or colonial hunting-saddle with numerous 

 " dees " fixed on all round for saddle-bags should be brought 

 out from home. Saddle-bags should be made to buckle on 

 with straps, and lie flat, attached to the " dees " on either side 

 of the saddle. A thick felt " numdah " or saddle-cloth is also 

 a necessary adjunct, although many people do not use any 

 with a panel-saddle. A strong leather head-stall. Two 

 bridles with chain snaffle; the bit to fasten on to the head-stall 

 at either side of the mouth with two small straps, so that the 

 head-stall may remain on the pony's head after the reins with 

 the bit have been removed. 



Two blue spare girths, spare rope, a blanket for pony, 

 curry-comb, brushes, and a grass-cutter's sickle. 



