get lost), and there are rings and strings 

 in which other bundles such as lunch 

 can be attached while on the march. A 

 horsehair army saddle blanket saves the 

 animal's back. Nimrod's saddle is ex- 

 actly like mine, only with longer and 

 larger stirrups. 



You have now your personal things 

 for eating, sleeping and riding. It 

 remains but to clothe yourself and you 

 are ready to start. Provide yourseli 

 with two or three champagne baskets 

 covered with brown waterproof can- 

 vas, with stout handles at each end 

 and two leather straps going round the 

 basket to buckle the lid down, and 

 a stronger strap going lengthwise over 

 all. Or if you do not mind a little 

 more expense, telescopes made of leath- 

 eroid, about 22 inches long, 1 1 inches 

 wide and 9 inches deep, with the lower 



