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Worcester sauce I Two spare deer-skins for patch- 



Matches ing moccasins ; some waxed 





thread, which must serve your 

 turn until you can get some 

 sinews, to sew your moccasins 



Candles (three dozen composite) 



Soap 



Tobacco 



A small can of oil for rifles with 



Spare rope A cobbler's awl and needle 



Two dozen horse-shoes, nails, i File 



and a shoeing hammer A housewife containing buttons, 



A few yards of linen for dish thread, needles, darning 



cloths needle, wool, &c. 



Ten pounds of powdered alum , A little ingenuity and abundance; 



for curing skins | of good temper 



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In this list I have only allowed enough bacon for men who 

 know how to hunt in a country where game is to be had for " 

 the hunting. Of course if game is scarce, more supplies might \ 

 be needed, whilst equally of course, if the country is very dif- \ 

 ficult and the temptation sufficient, keen men should be able 

 to get along with half a pound of flour and four rashers of i 

 bacon per diem, and even this with tea, blankets, rifles, car- 1';: 

 tridges, &c., will be found quite enough to carry in a mountain 

 country with no one to help you. 



I have suggested cocoa as an alternative for tea, for I find 

 that the latter, as it is generally brewed in camp, is intensely J 

 indigestible, and is apt to keep even a tired man awake at night. 

 Cocoa, on the other hand, is refreshing, it is almost as effectual 

 a ' pick-me-up ' as a whisky and soda, and does very well in 

 its place. For men who do not stop to lunch, cakes of choco- 

 late or raisins are recommended, as being very portable and 

 nutritious. 



My second list of necessaries consists of kitchen gear, and 

 although it may easily be reduced to a ' billy,' a frying-pan, 

 and your fingers if needs must, it is as it stands about as small 

 as is compatible with comfort. Cups, plates, &c., should all 

 be made of what is known as 'granite iron,' as this material is 

 very strong, will not crush like tin, and retains heat a long time, 



