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As regards the contents of his tool-chest, the fact 

 to be borne in mind is that ordinarily he will have to 

 be his own carpenter, blacksmith, and farrier, though 

 of course he will find artisans in the principal towns. 

 He need not shoe his own donkeys, as donkeys in the 

 Sudan are never shod, and I believe that the same 

 remark applies to horses and mules. As I give in an 

 appendix a list of articles actually purchased and 

 found useful, I will say no more here on this subject. 



The same remarks apply with equal force to the 

 medicine-chest of the sportsman. He should certainly 

 possess a copy of Moore's " Family Medicine for India," 

 or some similar work ; but he may at any time be 

 asked to treat patients of whose language he is totally 

 ignorant, for diseases for which he would in any case 

 have a hesitation in prescribing, even if he were certain 

 of his diagnosis. I have already hinted that he should 

 have a practical knowledge of the treatment of in- 

 juries inflicted by wild animals, or the more ordinary 

 accidents of travel. He is almost certain to have to 

 treat cases of simple ophthalmia, possibly amongst 

 his own followers. Malaria, diarrhoea, or dysentery, 

 may at any time prostrate himself or any of his 

 followers. Stings of insects are absolutely certain 

 to call for attention, and for this purpose it is advis- 

 able to carry ammonia in |-oz. phials, when the 

 contents of a phial may be devoted to each distinct 

 case. The traveller is almost certain to suffer 



