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 _ THE YEAR'S BAG 103

the various kinds of game which a sportsman may shoot. is laid down. The number of sportsmen which may be permitted to visit each locality in the year is fixed. And regulations determine how the places are allotted among the numerous applicants. Major Wigram has also under him an establishment to prevent poaching by the natives, and he himself is incessantly touring and keeping a watch on the due preservation of the game. He obtains an income of about Rs. 25,000 per annum from the sale of licences, and spends about Rs. 20,000.

Under these conditions sport in Kashmir will always remain. The average bag of big game

is about— * Ibex. . «. 220| Leopards. . 2% Markhor. . °50]Shapoo. . 80 Stags. . . 50) Burhel. : . 60 Black bears. °. 220| Goa . : . 60 Brown bears . 60 |} Ovis ammon . 16

These figures do not include what would be shot in the Maharaja’s preserve, but they would not be all shot within the limits of the Kashmir Province. ‘They would include also what is shot in the high mountains at the back of Kashmir proper—in Ladak, Baltistan, and Astor.