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tied together near one end, and opened out, " scissors " fashion, the 

 ridge pole resting in the small V at the top, and the poles below the 

 tie forming the supports. 



For camp bed, the best I have yet experienced is the " Com- 

 pactum " or X patent. It is strong, fairly light and very portable, and 

 has a very neat dodge for mosquito curtains in the shape of upright 

 brass rods fitting into sockets, one at each corner of the bed, having 

 a blind cord strung round through an eye at the top of each, thus 

 forming a light and efficient frame over which to place the net. 



The only drawback to this, as to most other camp beds, is the 

 inability to place articles of any size underneath it, owing to the 

 crossed supports. 



The ideal bed has yet to be designed. 



The X patent table is as good as the beds, and is strong, light, 

 and portable. 



For a chair, I find nothing to beat the Indian "Rhookee" 

 chair. It is very strong, takes all to pieces, packs away in a handy 

 bag for transport, and is the acme of comfort. 



Your tin clothes box had best be a small uniform case. You 

 want very little clothing with you in Ceylon jungles, except for a 

 wet weather trip, as an hour in the sun will dry the wettest article 

 that ever existed almost. 



You will not, of course, forget a small dressing-case inside your 

 box, properly fitted with soap, shaving and tooth tackle. 



For clothing I always use dark-green cloth, of thin but strong 

 texture, having found an excellent article in "No. 525," made by 

 the Basel Mission at Bangalore, S. India. 



Coat and trousers only are needed in our hot climate I say 

 " coat " advisedly, as it does not pay out here to try and do 

 without one. 



In the low country your arms would be scorched and blistered by 

 the sun, and insect bites and poisonous thorn pricks would soon 

 drive you to put on a coat again. It is "the thing" to go coat- 

 less, with shirt sleeves rolled up, in some parts of Africa, and very 

 pleasant it is too ; but there jungle such as ours is scarce or want- 

 ing, and insect pests are conspicuous by their absence. I also wear, 

 with advantage, green flannel shirts, as they enable me to keep my 

 coat open for coolness, where a coloured shirt would render me a 

 conspicuous object. Personally I cannot bear puttees or leggings, as 

 being too hot and uncomfortable ; but, as I wear a belt, I nowadays 

 tie my trousers round below the knee, " navvy " fashion, with a bit 

 of tape, to prevent drag on the belt when running or walking, a tip 

 I learnt in British Central Africa in 1902. 



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