The Journal of a Sporting Nomad 
I had brought out from England a canteen, 
containing plates, cups and saucers, knives, 
and a nest of boxes for tea, sugar, etc., which 
proved useful enough in its way, but a seasoned 
hunter would not burden himself with anything 
like it. Most awkward to carry, whether on a 
man’s back or packed on a horse, it usually 
ended in some one’s hand, gripped by the strap. 
For the benefit of those who have never made 
a hunting trip I would suggest that they acquired 
(and as a rule these things can be obtained almost 
as cheaply at, or near, the starting-place for a 
shoot, as in England) articles of enamelled iron. 
Such are light, clean, and generally satisfactory. 
Of course the things taken have to be considered 
in the light of available transport, and regulated 
by the number of people in the party. One man 
going with an Indian guide and a cook-campman 
into a country like Newfoundland, where every- 
thing has to be packed on men’s shoulders—for 
when I was there railroads were not—must 
content himself with the barest necessaries, 
and those of the most practical form. 
A word of advice concerning aluminium may 
not be out of place here. Avoid it like the plague! 
A cup of this material when full is by way of 
becoming too hot to hold, while a plate is 
equally liable to be carried away by a gust of 
wind, to be perforated by an ordinary sharp 
knife, or to crumple out of shape like a sheet of 
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