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managed to keep my feet warm. On the Pamirs, in the spring at any rate, 
one is constantly in snow or water, and one’s feet are wet all day long ; while 
at the sume time the cold is often intense. The chvplies I wore were 
Peshawar made, Kashmir ones would be quite useless, they stretch very 
badly when wet. 
Really good warm gloves are a necessity, A sun hat should be taken, as 
the sun is sometimes rather trying, In the spring the nights are terribly 
cold and something more than ordinary bedding is necessary, Besides a good 
warm sleeping bag, I recommend taking thick putto sleeping suits to be 
worn over flannel ones, 
One’s servants should be treated liberally in the way of clothes ; in fact 
they require very much the same sort of outfit as one does oneself, 
Flaps of tents should be made so that they can be laced tightly up, and 
an extra strip of cloth should be sewn all round the bottom: of the tent. 
Servants’ tents should be big enough to hold three or four extra men, as 
yak drivers, shikaris, etc., all want shelter, Yourts, the tents of the Kirghiz, 
can be hired, but they are generally big enough to hold twenty or thirty 
men, and would, I should think, be a nuisance, taking a long time to pitch 
and strike, Fora standing camp, however, they would be excellent. Had 
I known that I was going to take three weeks over the shooting of my big 
poli, I would certainly have sent for one from the nearest encampment. 
A liberal allowance of stores, tinned vegetables, &c., should be taken, as a 
diet of nothing but mutton is apt to pall on one, It is astonishing, also, 
what a quantity of jam, butter, and bacon will be consumed in a very cold 
climate, even by a man who generally would not touch these things. Tea 
will be found the best thing to drink, though a little hot whisky and water 
will not come amiss after a hard day’s work, A liberal supply of tea and 
sugar should also be taken for one’s servants. 
Most people will find the rarified air on the Pamirs rather trying. I am 
certain that the great secret of being able to stand this is never to work on 
an empty stomach. Besides a well-filled tiffin basket, which should always 
be strapped on to the saddle of one of the riding yaks, it is not at all a bad 
thing to have a few biscuits or a piece of chocolate in one’s pocket. Natives 
when crossing a high pass often carry about them a few dried apricots, one 
of which they eat occasionally. This, they will tell one, is an antidote against 
the bad air, but anything eatable would do equally well, the great thing 
being to put something in one’s stomach, 
Riding yaks can be hired anywhere. The Kirghiz never walk if they can 
help it, and I think it is well not to be too proud to follow their example, 
At first one is rather inclinzd to try and show the natives what a fine walker 
a sahib is, and to refuse to ride, I think this is rather foolish, There is 
no great pleasure about walking on the Pamirs ; one generally has quite as 
much of it as one wants when actually stalking game, Of course, one should 
