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play to the wrist in directing the point of the 

 spear. 



In India. I had constructed. accord- 

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ing to my own plan and fancy, what 

 I should advise every sportsman in that country 

 to possess that is, a very comfortable teak-wood- 

 bullock-cart, on springs, and fitted up for travel- 

 ling or living in. Mine was 7 feet long by 4 feet 

 broad; and contained three large water-tight 

 boxes or compartments, to hold my kit and 

 comestibles en route, with a fourth, copper-lined 

 and fitted with a screw-top, which fastened with a 

 lock, for my ammunition, besides a rack for eight 

 guns. The wooden sides were about %\ feet in 

 height, and from them sprang six bamboo hoops, 

 on which the white painted canvas top was ex- 

 tended ; the whole of which gear was movable, 

 and could be cleared away at a moment's notice. 

 The bottom of the cart was slightly bevelled off 

 round, caulked and sheathed with copper; so 

 that, by taking out the linch-pins, and putting the 

 wheels into the cart, my trap served me as a boat 



