CHAPTEE II. 



OUTFITS, AND HINTS ON HUNTING. 



IN making* up an outfit with which to work on specimens in 

 the field, away from civilization perhaps, you must first decide 

 definitely upon the line of work you intend to do, for upon 

 this the extent and character of your outfit must depend. The 

 requirements to be met are economy of space, weight, and labor, 

 with no necessary article lacking. The mere item of keeping- 

 one's tools in order, and always accessible, is much more im- 

 portant than it would at first seem to be. There must be no 

 confusion, and not a single article must get lost. Good tools, 

 and plenty of them, in good working order, go a great way toward 

 the production of faultless specimens, having the highest pos- 

 sible value. 



I think I may say without boasting that on my third collect- 

 ing trip abroad (to the East Indies) my outfit came as near per- 

 fection in size and arrangement as can ever be reached withoTit 

 far greater expense than that entailed. I was obliged to pack 

 and unpack the whole of it at least fifty times, but its arrange- 

 ment was so systematic and compact that the complete packing 

 up never required more than fifteen minutes, and I could go 

 to it in the dark and find any article desired, even to a needle 

 and thread. 



The whole arrangement was very simple. To start with, the 

 entire outfit of firearms, am munition, tools, hunting-gear, and 

 a good stock of preservatives was contained in an iron-bound 

 black walnut chest about the size of a carpenter's tool-chest. 



To keep my loading implements and ammunition in order, 

 I had an ammunition-box of walnut, 14| inches long, 12| wide, 

 and 44 deep, outside measurements, divided inside into five 

 compartments, which held and kept in order all the append- 



