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For all these expeditious a waterproof hold-all should 

 take your kit, not the common hold-all, but the large bag, 

 into which, if necessary, you can crawl yourself on a 

 damp night. This will contain two pairs of blankets, a 

 small pillow, a change of clothes and underlinen, extra 

 boots, towels, etc. A small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic 

 Cure (in case you drink unknowingly of alkali water), 

 some quinine pills, and a mild aperient, should not be 

 omitted. 



The cost of such expeditions will be trifling compared 

 to the expense of buying or hiring a complete camp 

 equipage, and paying the wages of a guide. Market- 

 hunters work hard, and seldom make more than a bare 

 living, so you will find them only too willing to accept 

 a modest sum of money, better "grub," and the birds 

 you shoot, in exchange for their companionship and a 

 share of their sport. I have often found it difficult to 

 prevail upon such men to accept any money at all. 



Big-game expeditions are not lightly to be undertaken, 

 and it is absurd to lay down the law in regard to them j 

 so much depends upon season, locality, and the men 

 themselves. Under certain circumstances you look ask- 

 ance at a tooth-brush, for every extra ounce must be paid 

 for by the sweat of your brow. In the dense forests of 

 the Pacific Slope each man packs on his back his own 

 load, and the lighter the load the lighter the heart of 

 him who carries it. Speaking from experience, I strongly 

 advise the English sportsman to keep out of the woods 

 of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia, unless he 

 can reach their solitudes by means of a canoe. The 

 chance of shooting a wapiti in the forest is very slim, 

 but the chance of returning from such expeditions abso- 

 lutely worn out in body and soul is not so small. I shall 

 speak, therefore, of those expeditions which can be made 



