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X" INTRODUCTION
"dirzy" (at once the joy and the terror of every
Memsahib) will, with small expenditure of time and
money, fashion them into garments of comfortable
shape and decent cut. The "puttoo'' (homespun)
merchants also sell splendidly warm cloaks lined with
fur,
a great comfort when on the exposed mountains;
vast boots of the same material stretching nearly up
to the thigh, very valuable when camping in damp
places; and sleeping bags which they will make of
puttoo or numdah (felt) lined with wool or fur.
These numdahs are soft and thick, and can be purchased
in practically any colour or any size and embroidered
charmingly in crewels, according to the taste of the
purchaser. They are used for almost eYery purpose,
and are equally convenient for all—as mats in one's
boat or tent, coverings for the lounge, bed quilts, as
hold-alls when over-prolonged sleep has left but little
time for packing before an early start, the handy
headman dexterously with some string fastening the
sides together.
There are two good English agencies, both managed
by retired officers, where all camp outfit can be hired or
bought, and thus the great cost of transport into the
country is saved, and the purchase of the most useful
articles
ensured, for at both agencies reliable information
can be had as to the condition of the various parts of
the valley,
and care will be taken to equip the happy
traveller with the camp outfit most suitable to requirements.
Parsee shops hold a very fair assortment of
the foreign groceries craved for by our countrymen,