CHAPTER XXVI 



FURNITURE, STORES, KITCHEN UTENSILS, AND CLOTHES 



Elliot camp bed — Paragon table — Iron basin — Canvas chairs — Stores — 

 The list in the Vade Mccum very good — Additions to it — Great value 

 of tea — Kitchen utensils — Tiffin basket — Jam-pots — Clothes — Suits — 

 Cardigan jacket — Socks — Putties — Hat — Gloves — Grass-shoe socks 

 — Boots — Chaplis — Puttoo boots — Overcoat — Belt — Waterproof cape 

 -^Goggles — Servants' things. 



III. — Furniture 



In the way of furniture there is not much wanted. A 

 solitary sportsman does not, in my opinion, require 

 bed, table, or chair. But if he considers these things 

 essential to his comfort, I would suggest a camp bed 

 like that described in the Sportsman s Vade Mecum 

 already referred to, any simple kind of small folding 

 table, and a paragon stool as supplied by the Army and 

 Navy Stores. I took a camp bed made by Messrs. 

 Luscombe and Co. of Allahabad, and known as Major 

 Elliot's patent. It was 6^ feet long and 2|- feet wide, 

 and folded into a most conveniently small package, as 

 there were no long poles to harass a coolie or wobble 

 about on a pony's back. It was also very strong and 

 very light. But it had the serious disadvantage of 



