FOR THE HIMALAYAS. 



his shots carefully and considerately, and abstains from waste of 

 ammunition, and the killing of females or small and worthless 

 heads. Between travelling, bad weather, and other difficulties, out 

 of the 180 days' leave, you can hardly expect more than 120 days 

 on the shooting grounds, looking for game, though the chance of 

 a shot at a head worth having may be twice in a week ; the 

 average, all round, will rarely exceed this. Sportsmen have been 

 six weeks without a shot at anything but an odd bear, and 

 that on ground supposed to be good. Game wanders and 

 moves about so much that, until one has seen it, one cannot 

 say when a shot may be expected. Markhor especially have a 

 wonderful knack of having left just before you reached the 

 ground. 



How to Carry Ammunition. Gun cartridges should be packed 

 in soldered tin boxes of one hundred each, and distributed 

 amongst the three or four bullock-trunks (yak-dhans) or leather- 

 covered baskets (kiltas), forming the personal baggage. Divide 

 the numbers of each size shot, so that the proportion is kept up 

 much the same as in the total ; you will then use one box at a 

 time, and keep the rest intact. Thus, for a box of 100, put in 25 

 of No. 2, 33 of No. 4, and 42 of No. 6. Such boxes as these are 



small lOin. by 4Jin. by 4Jin. There will be twenty cartridges in 

 a layer on the bottom, arranged alternately, in rows of five across. 

 There will be room for five of these layers, forming the full case of 

 100. Any little spaces can be filled in with plugs of paper. If 

 your coolies come to grief, and drop a load into a stream, you will 

 not lose much if the load is not recovered, and nothing if it is 

 fished out, besides distributing the weight fairly amongst the 

 loads. The next best thing to soldering down the lids, and when 

 you want to keep the boxes for further use, is to have the lids to 

 fit well, and, after passing a string round the box when packed, 

 roll it up in wax-cloth twice round, and well overlapping at the 

 ends ; then tie it up securely. This will generally suffice, if placed 



