Appendices 



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the necessities and ending with the luxuries. The quan- 

 tity must be regulated by the number in the party and 

 the time you propose to be absent. Your guide can 

 adjust such matters. 



Matches. 



Flour. 



Salt and pepper. 



Baking powder. 



Sugar. 



Chocolate (a large quantity). 



Whisky. 



Coffee and tea. 



Bacon. 



Dried onions. 



Cheese. 



Dried potatoes. 

 Dried apples. 

 Dried apricots. 

 Dried prunes. 



Lard. 



Dried fish (smoked salmon, etc. ). 



Crackers. 



Raisins (cheap and good food). 



Keg of Syrup. 



Oatmeal. 



Canned vegetables. 



Canned fruits. 



Jams and marmalades. 



Hams. 



Tinned turkey, chicken, game, 



etc. 

 Tinned milk and cream. 

 Tinned soups. 

 Keg of butter. 

 Pickles. 



I omit tobacco, because those who smoke will never 

 leave the blessed weed behind. Whisky must be kept 

 under lock and key if Indians be of the party. To most 

 trappers strong drink is irresistible, and on that account 

 many sportsmen take only sufficient for medicinal pur- 

 poses. If you camp out in the winter, bacon and lard 

 are necessities, and much more warming than alcohol. 



I have spoken already of the sleeping bag, but I would 

 urge the tyro once more to take plenty of warm bedding 

 if he intends to brave the snows and frosts of the Far 

 North. At a sharp pinch, you can sleep in gum boots 

 and mackintosh. This, I need hardly say, is a last 

 resource against the most piercing cold. 



You can buy at the Army and Navy Stores a small 

 leather medicine case, which contains a few drugs in 

 portable form. 



Englishmen are outrageously robbed when they begin 

 to buy horses, mules, waggons, saddles, etc. Find out 

 the market price of what you want : information cheer- 



