APPENDIX 



In jungly " park " country, where one need not be exposed very 

 much to the sun, I use a dark-green Terai hat, which, with a 

 handkerchief stuffed into the crown, I find protection enough, 

 whilst it is light and noiseless in the jungle. For ordinary travelling 

 a " topee " is indispensable. Cheaply-made canvas hemp-soled 

 boots can be got in Colombo for Rs.2 per pair, and are excellent for 

 jungle wear ; but you must use a cork sole, or something of that 

 sort, with them, else the rough hemp soles will make you footsore 

 very soon. A pair will last, even if wet through day after day, 

 about a week, and they are comfortable, and fairly silent for 

 stalking. 



Keeping one fairly respectable suit and shirt for travel on the 

 main roads, you will find two hunting suits and shirts, and two 

 spare pair socks, ample for your jungle requirements. 



Change when you come in in the morning, your cast-off clothes 

 being immediately immersed in a bucket of boiling water to kill 

 ticks, &c. They will be dry before evening, when you can repeat 

 the performance with the clothes put on in the afternoon. 

 Blankets (two each) are advisable, as it gets chilly towards morning 

 at times. One is laid on the bed to lie on, and the other is used as 

 a coverlet. 



Air pillows are portable and very comfortable, if not too small or 

 too tightly blown-up. The ones I use, and find good, are 18 inches 

 by 24 inches. 



Mattresses are not needed on a canvas bed. 



Have with you a table and chairs, by all means, as they make 

 for comfort, which you will appreciate. 



It is all very well to talk of " roughing it " I used to, in my 

 early days, when I could not afford to do otherwise, and rather 

 liked it but my advice is to make yourself as comfortable as you can, 

 with due regard to porterage. 



Mosquito curtains are a necessity^ though for a considerable 

 portion of the year the low country jungles are free of the pest, 

 unless you are camping near a big tank or swamp. A travelling 

 bath is a bit of a luxury, but is useful if no good bathing-place is 

 available. 



Do not forget medicines and bandages. 



Nothing more needs remark until we come to " hunting knife." 

 A good heavy knife is always useful for killing a wounded 

 animal, cutting down a pole to carry it by, clearing camp site before 

 your " boys " arrive, and so on. You need not necessarily carry it 

 yourself your guide can do that for you. 



For skinning knives I use 6-inch-bladed clasp knives, and find 



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