The sportsman's book for India . e year,you will require several pairs of warm gloves,and a poshteen, or long coat lined with sheep-skin, is a great comfort. A Srinagar dersi, ortailor, will make you, from a pattern, a suit ofwarm puttoo (Norfolk jacket and breeches) forabout A couple of pairs of putties, a pairof strong, nailed shooting boots, and a khudstick will complete your kit. All except theboots can be obtained in Srinagar at two orthree days notice. IL—SHOOTING ROUTES AND VARIOUSGAME The various shooting routes in Kashmir arenearly all well known and much travelled, andshooting
The sportsman's book for India . e year,you will require several pairs of warm gloves,and a poshteen, or long coat lined with sheep-skin, is a great comfort. A Srinagar dersi, ortailor, will make you, from a pattern, a suit ofwarm puttoo (Norfolk jacket and breeches) forabout A couple of pairs of putties, a pairof strong, nailed shooting boots, and a khudstick will complete your kit. All except theboots can be obtained in Srinagar at two orthree days notice. IL—SHOOTING ROUTES AND VARIOUSGAME The various shooting routes in Kashmir arenearly all well known and much travelled, andshooting of every description lies in far morebeaten tracks than in other parts of theHimalayas, thereby being made much easierfor the stranger, but at the same time losingmuch of its interest and charm. In Chambaand elsewhere it is best to fix your line ofcountry first, and pursue whatever animals youmay find in the neighbourhood of that line. InKashmir you must first determine what par-ticular animal you wish to shoot and then settle. A Kashmir Shikari en route to the Wardwan Range(Above Wardwan Village) KASHMIR SHOOTING 141 the route by which you will reach his habitat,giving due consideration to the time availableand the state of the snow passes which you willhave to cross. Roughly speaking, you have your choice offour different tracts of country. First, in theimmediate vicinity of the valley of Kashmir, thereare the Ward wan nullahs, east of Islamabad;the Scinde valley from which the Wangat,Chittingul and Tilel nullahs can be reached ;and there is the Wular lake country includingthe Rampore, Bo, Pulwar, Trisingham and Erinnullahs (travelling round the lake from west toeast), all of which still hold game. As may beimagined, the vicinity of the valley has beenmuch harried and shot over ; there still remain,however, plenty of black bears; a few decentibex in the Wardwan nullahs, and in theWangat, Tilel and Pulwar nullahs, 4oinchhorns would be exceptional now. Red bear, Iam sorry to
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