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of medicines which should find a place in the camp 

 medicine-chest can be carried and administered. 

 Messrs. Burroughs, Wellcome & Co., Snow Hill 

 Buildings, London, E.C., make up convenient 

 tabloid chests of sizes to suit the requirements of 

 all classes from the cyclist to the explorer. 



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In engaging servants for a shooting trip, the 

 sportsman should be careful to select only those who 

 have been well accustomed to travelling, and it is, 

 of course, a great advantage should he be able to 

 secure any who have previously travelled in the 

 locality in which he intends to shoot. Directly it is 

 known in the bazaar that servants are required by 

 him, a number of them, each bearing a lot of 

 certificates, will appear and offer themselves for 

 employment. Regarding these certificates, a word 

 or two of caution is necessary for the enlightenment 

 of the newly-arrived European in India. Not only 

 does a " sahib," who has found a servant most 

 unsatisfactory, in the softness of his heart at the 

 moment of parting with the " boy," not infrequently 

 present him with a written character far better than 

 he deserves, but very often the characters produced 

 for the sportsman's inspection do not refer to the 

 bearer thereof, but to some other servant from 

 whom their bearer has bought, hired, or borrowed 

 them, simply adopting the same name as that men- 

 tioned therein. Then, again, fictitious characters 

 are written (for a consideration) for servants by 



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