The Journal of a Sporting Nomad 
holding the match fell, striking a piece of sand- 
paper in its fall, which lit the match, and this 
again in due course lit the wick of the spirit lamp. 
The operator looked over the side of the car 
into the mirror, to see if the lamp was alight; 
if so, a regulated time elapsed before the given 
quantity of food was cooked. He then, before 
pulling up the apparatus, blew down the tube, 
which was connected with a pipe, the end of 
which was close to the foot of the spirit lamp 
flame. He could thus blow out this flame, and 
could see in the mirror whether or not he had 
succeeded in doing so. He had then only to 
haul up the food into the car to enjoy a hot meal. 
The dome was used to reserve any superfluous 
heat generated in the act of cooking the food, 
but was not an important factor in the arrange- 
ment. The apparatus showed what an amount 
of foresight and care had been expended on the 
very minutest details ; everything that human 
ingenuity could devise had been thought out ; 
nothing had been left to chance in the arrange- 
ments that had been made. The foregoing are 
the principal items that struck me whilst with 
Andrée. Unfortunately the preparations took 
so long a time that a start was impossible when 
I was with him, this being effected the following 
spring when I was unable to be there. I think, 
though, that he had a fair chance of success had 
the Fates proved propitious. I had pointed out 
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