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General Knowles then in commaiul f/ave Galton all the aid in hiH power, 

 two huts weni placed at his disposal and he took a Hinall houHe, Oriel Cottaj^e, 

 two miles away and walked to and Iro daily to his work. He staited in .Mdy 

 and, except for a short visit to Paris in Sept<^mljer, continued to lecture untd 

 the followinjj; spring. 



The syllabus of (Jalton's lectures in I85G lies before me, and on p. 10 \h 

 shown the first page. The Lectures were to be illuHtrat^fl bv Pictures, 

 Models and E.xj)eriments. 



" iVatei- deah with iiu'thods of linding us well iia usiii;^ ^llul ilyiiin anil liltciiii),'; iiiid cHirving, 

 grwwetl cunvas bags, skin.s, etc. Fire with 'Lucifer inatclics,' Imniiiig gliisws, fin'-MtiikH, sulphur 

 matches, etc. liivouiif with natural aiul artificial screens, Hleepitig Uigs from lilaiikets wjwn along 

 edges, slottpiug when in urjient danger, etc. Food with proi^-r projMtrtions of fat and meat, cooking, 

 grinding, preserving, tishing, game, etc. The March, watching, hearing, tracking, scouting, 

 prisoners, sore feet and drying clothes. Riven (iml Hwl Romln with t»'m|M)rary liridgcH, fords, 

 swimming cjitlle and waggons, rafts, rough lM>at«, steep pitches and waggon brakes, etc. (Jra/lm 

 and MechnnicK with felling timU-r. seasoning, making axle.s, lathes, l)ending woimI, caw hardening, 

 fuel, turning, soldering, rude capstans, pulleys, knots, etc. Animal l'rodurt» with (tones, horn, 

 catgut, bladders, hair, shells, hides, charcoal, glue, oil, candles, soap, etc. Next we learn about 

 writing materials, substitutes for paper, and ink, secret writing, inscriptions for secret informa- 

 tion, conveying letters, etc. Animiih of Dramjht and Burden deals with hobbling and tethering, 

 watering of cattle, noselmgs, pack saddles, saddlery, waggon harness and waggon-mending, 

 accidents to waggons and aninuil.s, etc. Tents and Iluttiiitj descriln's various kinds of tents and 

 matt'rial, U-st piiu'e for pitching, action of rain and dew on tents, huts rude and more 

 elal)orate, whitewash and plaster, seats and tables, windows, floors, etc.'' 



Much of" this .syllabus, which 1 have given in very abbreviated form, will 

 be familiar to the reader of the Art of Travel, but the matter was adapted 

 to the special needs of the army and to a special audience. 



Galton writes in his Menwries (p. 164) with undue modesty of the attempt 

 he made in 1855-G to teach the soldier the art of campaigning which at that 

 time appeared to form no part of the military curriculum'. The sluggish 

 War Otiice at last seems to have recognised its value, for two years afler 

 the war was over it caused to be constructed and distributed to various 

 centres ten sets of cases of niotlels and specimens illustrative of Galton's 

 lectures to be prepared after the design of a set which he himself had niiide 

 and presented to Woolwich. These cases of models were accompanie<l by a 

 catalogue of "JO pages prepared by Galton himself, this being an enlargement 

 of the above-mentioned .syllabus. In the preface he writes : 



" It is trusted that they may not only serve to interest and instruct the soldier, but especially 

 to suggest to officers, who take an active part in educating their men, the precise subjects on 

 which practical classes in the Arts of Camp Life may most usefully be employed An old 



framed a code of rules for situations in which Englishmen of all men are most apt to find them- 

 selves. The most popular type of an Englishman ever conceived is that of an isolat<>d self-relying 

 unit; ami for this individual Air Galton has formed a manual, which he might properly term 

 'Robinson Crusoe niiule Easy.' He offers a consistent rule of life to the vagabond, and settled 

 principles to the restless wanderer. In this sense he converts the savage into the sage and makes 

 the whole wilderness blossom with his red handbook [i.e. 7'A* Art o/ Travel]." 



' I have before mo the list of oflicers and others who attended his lectures in Jidy, August 

 and SepttMiiber 18.");"), anil if the lectures after the first were not cmwded, the total number who 

 attended was not insignificant. Galton had never had the training that an academic teacher 

 acquires, and his formal lectures, at any rate in his later life, were not as good as bis talks and 

 demonstrations. 



