The Journal of a Sporting Nomad 



I had brought out from England a canteen, 

 containing plates, cups and saucers, knives, 

 and a nest of boxes for tea, sugar, etc., which 

 proved useful enough in its way, but a seasoned 

 hunter would not burden himself with anything 

 like it. Most awkward to carry, whether on a 

 man's back or packed on a horse, it usually 

 ended in some one's hand, gripped by the strap. 



For the benefit of those who have never made 

 a hunting trip I would suggest that they acquired 

 (and as a rule these things can be obtained almost 

 as cheaply at, or near, the starting-place for a 

 shoot, as in England) articles of enamelled iron. 

 Such are light, clean, and generally satisfactory. 

 Of course the things taken have to be considered 

 in the light of available transport, and regulated 

 by the number of people in the party. One man 

 going with an Indian guide and a cook-campman 

 into a country like Newfoundland, where every- 

 thing has to be packed on men's shoulders for 

 when I was there railroads were not must 

 content himself with the barest necessaries, 

 and those of the most practical form. 



A word of advice concerning aluminium may 

 not be out of place here. Avoid it like the plague ! 

 A cup of this material when full is by way of 

 becoming too hot to hold, while a plate is 

 equally liable to be carried away by a gust of 

 wind, to be perforated by an ordinary sharp 

 knife, or to crumple out of shape like a sheet of 



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