ENGLISH TIFFIN BASKET 



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1 English tiffin basket, fitted for two 



if the sportsman is alone, and 

 for four if he is accompanied by 

 his wife. 



2 enamelled iron jam-pots with close- 



fittins? covers. 



I soldier's canteen. 



1 small kettle in which tea can be 



made (to be carried in the 

 tiffin basket). 



2 small tin pie-dishes. 



2 iron enamel-ware hot-water plates. 



The English tiffin basket will be found a great con- 

 venience as already stated. Those fitted for one person 

 have not, I think, quite enough things, and it is difficult to 

 carry sufficient food in one of them. If the sportsman is 

 alone the basket should be fitted for two, if accompanied 

 by his wife, for four. This gives some spare utensils, 

 and also room for food. The basket should carry a 

 kettle and a tea infuser. I always had the kettle of 

 water brought to me boiling, and dropped the infuser in 

 myself, taking it out a couple of minutes after. This 

 saved the necessity of a teapot separate from the kettle, 

 and prevented the tea from becoming ruined by tannin, 

 as happens if the leaves are left in too long. 



The jam-pots are wanted to carry the jam in when 

 emptied out of the tins in which it is bought. The tiffin 

 basket, slung on the coolie's shoulders, gets turned any 

 side up, and once a tin of jam has been opened, its 

 contents cannot be carried unless emptied into a jam-pot 

 such as I have mentioned. They are obtainable at 

 Treacher's in Bombay. 



The soldier's canteen has been already described. 



The pie-dishes are wanted for puddings. 



The hot-water plates are a great comfort, as without 

 them the food congeals long before it can be eaten, when, 

 as is often the case, the temperature of the tent is below 

 freezing-point. 



