io6 THE MARKHOR 



inferior quality, can be got in other parts of the 

 yellow continent, in Africa, and even in the Italian 

 Alps ; whereas the snowy heights of the Himalayas 

 alone produce the markhor. 



Some 20,000 rupees, in round numbers about 

 1,250, are added to the State coffers of Cashmere 

 through the sale of shooting licences at 60 rupees 

 apiece. About two hundred Europeans are re- 

 sponsible for this sum, and thereby add considerably 

 to the otherwise rather scarce means of increasing the 

 revenues of the country. 



In this way, too, about three thousand coolies earn 

 food and wages for six months of the year, and a few 

 pence to carry them through the rest of the time. 

 The natural products of the land bring in more, and 

 especially Srinagar's merchants succeed in grabbing 

 at many an exceptional price. 



Lucky Dives ! Poor Lazarus ! 



