CHAPTER XXV. 



HINTS ON CAMP EQUIPMENT, SERVANTS, 

 TRAVELLING IN INDIA, ETC. 



TENTS 



ALTHOUGH I have elsewhere indicated my 

 J~\. own preference in the matter of tents, 

 individual views and tastes are so diverse, that, 

 before setting himself up with these indispensable 

 articles, I would recommend a sportsman to write 

 to the Elgin Mills Company, Cawnpore, for their 

 illustrated catalogue, and from it he can then make 

 his selection. He must do this with special regard 

 to the country to be worked, and the means of 

 transport therein available. 



CAMP FURNITURE 



Camp furniture should be obtained in India, and, 

 to save the expense of carriage by rail over a long 

 distance, had better be purchased at the nearest 

 large town to the starting-point. Native servants 

 are very careless, and to avoid subsequent breakage 

 during marches, the furniture, though it must, 

 if intended for use in hilly country, be light, ought 

 also to be strong. All should of course be capable 



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