124 CARIBOU SHOOTING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. 



3 gallons molasses, in 3 stone jugs $1.25 



1 lantern for candles 75 



4 yards oilcloth 1.25 



1 dozen cans milk... 1.80 



838.05 



Making $12.68 for each man's share, and less than 

 two dollars a day for twenty days for eight men, 

 with appetites like bark mills. 



It will be noticed that but few luxuries are in- 

 cluded in the forgoing list, and on that account it 

 might not suit the tastes of many. Butter, for ex- 

 ample, might have been added, and indeed many 

 other articles, but they would have added considerable 

 weight and very little solid comfort. It will also be 

 noticed that what are known as "wet goods," " snake 

 bite," "tangle foot," etc., are not included in the out- 

 fit. We had two half-pint flasks of whiskey with us, 

 to be used for medicinal purposes only, and both were 

 taken back to salt water with the corks undisturbed. 



Inasmuch as it was an impossibility to carry our 

 outfit all the way in at one trip, it was evident that 

 what could not be taken had to be cached at or near 

 the head of West Pond, the end of water transporta- 

 tion. We therefore had all goods that could be di- 

 vided put up in four different parcels and packed in 

 four boxes, each box containing as near as possible 



