MEDICINE CHEST. 45 



rous bullock or a careless driver is very liable to 

 smash a pole or a yoke en route; and, in many 

 parts of the country where game abounds, village 

 smiths are difficult to be met with, and I have often 

 been saved hours and even days' delay, by having 

 the means of repairing them at hand. 

 Medi in ^ we ^' su ppli e( i medicine-chest, in 



which the quinine-bottle loomed very 

 large, was carefully stowed away in one of the 

 compartments a very necessary precaution in a 

 country where disease makes such rapid progress. 

 Besides having often found this chest extremely 

 useful, the mere fact of having it with me inspired 

 my people with confidence, and overcame their 

 fear of the malaria of the dense jungle. 



Messrs. Savory and Moore, of 143, New Bond 

 Street, have always filled up my medicine -chest; 

 and their practical experience has been of the 

 greatest use to me in my travels, for, in case of 

 sickness, the proper remedy was ever at hand when 

 wanted. In order to meet different requirements, 

 large and small chests have been designed, from 



