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of an umbrella, fifteen feet in diameter, and will house 

 three persons comfortably. A circular table fits in two 

 halves round the tent-pole ; three folding chairs have 

 ample space ; three beds can be arranged round the 

 tent walls ; the boxes of clothes, etc., stow under the 

 beds ; and a dressing-table and gun-rack complete the 

 furniture. 



Next in importance to the tent is a good canteen. 

 Mine is made of japanned block tin, and contains 

 in close-fitting compartments an entire dinner and 

 breakfast service for three persons, including every- 

 thing that can be required in an ordinary establish- 

 ment. This is slung upon a bamboo, carried by two 

 coolies. 



Clothes must always be packed in tin boxes, or the 

 whole case will most likely be devoured by white 

 ants. 



Cooking utensils must be carried in abundance, 

 together with a lantern, axe, bill-hook, tinder- 

 box, matches, candles, oil, tea, coffee, sugar, biscuits, 

 wine, brandy, sauces, etc., a few hams, some tins of 

 preserved meats and soups, and a few bottles of curacoa, 

 a glass of which, in the early dawn, after a cup of hot 

 coffee and a biscuit, is a fine preparation for a day's 

 work. 



I once tried the rough system of travelling, and 

 started off with nothing but my guns, clothes, a box 

 of biscuits, and a few bottles of brandy — no bed, no 



