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pans, 2 frying pan handles, 1 large spoon, 1 large 

 meat fork, i dozen teaspoons, J dozen knives, i 

 dozen forks, 1 salt box, 1 pepper box, \ dozen nested 

 tin cups, 5 oblong nested stew kettles, 1 wash basin, 1 

 rubber collapsible water bucket, 5 stew kettle lids, 1 

 butcher knife, 1 dishcloth, 1 cake home-made soap, 

 2 tea towels. 



And, in addition, the following : 1 coil copper wire, 

 assorted wire nails, \ pound arsenic, 1 pair moccasins, 

 2 pairs shoe packs, 1 pair heavy woolen stockings, 40 

 rounds rifle cartridges (40-65), 1 bag chewing tobacco, 

 2 bags smoking tobacco, 1 pound pulverized alum, 

 and 1 hank heavy cord. 



The stove being full, it was padded over the open 

 bottom with excelsior three inches thick for protec- 

 tion to carrier's back, then entirely covered with thick 

 bagging, which was well sewed on and the package 

 completed by buckling on the carrying strap (see cut, 

 page 98), the whole weighing seventy-six pounds a 

 convenient load for a native Newfoundlander. 



BAGGAGE RESTRICTIONS. 



Each member of the party was allowed to take as 

 much baggage as he desired to the point of disembar- 

 cation, Pilley's Island. When the outfit left Pilley's, 

 each was restricted to the following, a list of which 



