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.'{ pouiuls No. lit copper wire. 



() iill-sleel sealpels. 



G eartilago knives. 



1 pocket knife. 



1 >kin scraper mid one currier's knife, tootiied, Fi^s. 7, S, I'i. 11. 



1 .small, liome-made skin scraper for birds and small mammals described in Chapter I, 



3 pair scissors. 

 1 pair shears. 



8 pair tiat-uose pliers. 



1 pair scissor-shaped forceps Vl inches in length. 



1 pairsinini; forcei)s, Fig. 4, PI. III. 



1 tool-holder containing chisels, awls, screw-driver and gimlet bits, saw-blades, etc., 



all of which can be (luickly fitted into an adjustable clamp. 

 1 first-class claw hammer. 

 1 first-class laatchet. 



1 medium sized hand-saw. 



2 pair Hall's cutting pliers, Tl. Ill, Fig. 1. 

 2 fiat files. 



2 three-cornered files. 



G papers needles and pins, assorted sizes. 



G spools Coats' thread, various sizes. 



4 Ijalls hemp twine, various sizes.' 



2 dozen surgeon's needles, curved and straight, \ arious sizes. 



2 papers Glover's needles. 



1 dissecting saw, \\ inches long, with movable back, PI. 11, Fig. 4. 



1 Davie's taxidermist's saliuometer. 



1 alcoholometer. 



1 thermometer. 



1 12-gallon lead tank in wooden chest for mammal .skins. 



1 copper tank in wooden box for alcoholics. 



1 compass. 



8 sponges, small, medium, large. 



1 two-foot rule. 



1 twelve-foot tape mea>ure. 



1 oil-stone. 



8 pounds crystalized arsenic. 



4 pounds bicarl)onate of soda. 



15 pounds dry arsenic. 



15 pounds arsenical soap. 



1 field glass. 



1 opera glass. 



With few exceptions this elaborate equipment, together with the 

 hygenic otitfit, clothing, etc., was classified and packed in five sub- 

 stantial walnut boxes and served the purpose for collecting and pre- 

 serving several thousand skins and rough skeletons of mammals, birds, 

 reptiles and fishes in Central Africa/ 



For a short collecting trip in any section of this country the fol- 

 lowing outfit, put up in a neat box 6x3x13 inches can be purchased 



1. See Wiley's Preparation and Preservation of Objects of Natural History pp. 18-24. 



