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the light of the sun on the snow. Before we got 

 down into the Happy Valley once more, we lost 

 most of the skin. Neither vaseline nor glycerine was 

 of any use. 



The number of small things which one wants out 

 in camp are most difficult to recollect and to provide 

 at short notice. Such things as sticking-plaster, wax 

 matches, quinine, chlorodyne, green goggles, scissors, 

 string, rope, needles, thread, arsenical soap, powdered 

 alum, penknives, cotton wool, dusters for servants, 

 toilet soap, stationery, a few favourite books, a 

 measuring tape, a portable, waterproof, folding bath, 

 a leather water-bag, lantern, candles and candlesticks 

 and wind-guards, a hatchet, butcher's knives and a 

 steel, a spring weighing-machine to weigh up to one 

 hundred pounds, common soap for washing clothes, 

 dubbin for greasing boots this gives an idea. We 

 suffered greatly from the want of green gauze or 

 goggles all this time when we were marching across 

 snow. 



With regard to head-dress, sold topis, or helmets 

 of some description, must be worn when down in the 

 valleys on the march, though in the higher mountains 

 a tweed cap out stalking is sufficient. But it all 

 depends on the sun, the day, etc. I wore a broad 

 helmet from first to last. Nothing is more suitable 

 for clothes than puttoo, a strong woollen homespun 

 made in Kashmir. It is soft, warm, durable, and 

 usually of exactly the right colour a sort of brownish 

 grey. 



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