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there be three or four boxes of it, for, except in such journeys 

 as those mentioned above, there will always be a way to get it 

 along-. It will cost a few dollars for freight, and some trouble 

 in management ; but if you are a good collector, and mean busi- 

 ness, you will not mind that in the least. Where there's a will 

 there's locomotion ; and to collect well, or even at all, one must 

 have something to collect with. It is an expensive and exceed- 

 ingly laborious business at best, so don't go expecting to have 

 your " baggage checked through to destination, free of charge." 

 But there are a great many of my readers who, while they 

 may never want to go off into a howling wilderness, might 

 greatly enjoy collecting on such trips as they do take. Then, 

 again, there are sportsmen and travellers who will willingly 

 carry into good game districts a book of instructions, and 

 enough tools to enable them successfully to remove and pre- 

 serve the skins of valuable trophies of the chase, and other 

 specimens which should be kept on account of their scientific 

 value or their beauty. To meet .the requirements of both the 

 amateur and the sportsman I recommend : 



THE TRAVELLER'S HANDY OUTFIT, 

 For a Collector of Jfammals, Heads, Trophies, etc., and also Birds. 



Firearms, as you please. 



A tool -box of }^ inch ash, size 7x13x3 inches, containing the following : 



2 large skinning-knives (see Fig. 1). 

 2 cartilage knives (see Fig. 1). 

 1 pair scissors. 

 1 small oil-stone. 

 1 spool thread. 

 1 package needles. 

 1 package labels, 

 1 2-foot rule. 



1 tape measure. 



1 brain hook. 



1 pair 9-inch forceps. 



1 pair short forceps. 



And if eggs are to be collected, then must 



be added : 

 1 blow-pipe. 

 1 set of egg-drills. 



With the addition of 10 large skinning knives, this was the 

 identical outfit I took with me on two collecting trips to Mon- 

 tana, during which we skinned and skeletonized 24 buffaloes, 

 about 20 antelope, 10 deer, 9 coyotes, and a goodly number of 

 birds and small mammals. 



The points in favor of this outfit are its cheapness, compact- 

 ness, portability, and great general utility. It can bo carried 

 in a knapsack behind a saddle on an overland journey, and to 



