BIG GAME SHOOTING 



Worcester sauce 



Matches 



Candles (three dozen composite) 



Soap 



Tobacco 



A small can of oil for rifles 



Spare rope 



Two dozen horse-shoes, nails, 



and a shoeing hammer 

 A few yards of linen for dish 



cloths 

 Ten pounds of powdered alum 



for curing skins 



Two spare deer-skins for patch- 

 ing moccasins ; some waxed 

 thread, which must serve your 

 turn until you can get some 

 sinews, to sew your moccasins 

 with 



A cobbler's awl and needle 



File 



A housewife containing buttons, 

 thread, needles, darning 

 needle, wool, &c. 



A little ingenuity and abundance 

 of good temper 



In this list I have only allowed enough bacon for men who 

 know how to hunt in a country where game is to be had for 

 the hunting. Of course if game is scarce, more supplies might 

 be needed, whilst equally of course, if the country is very dif- 

 ficult and the temptation sufficient, keen men should be able 

 to get along with half a pound of flour and four rashers of 

 bacon per diem, and even this with tea, blankets, rifles, car- 

 tridges, &c., will be found quite enough to carry in a mountain 

 country with no one to help you. 



I have suggested cocoa as an alternative for tea, for I find 

 that the latter, as it is generally brewed in camp, is intensely 

 indigestible, and is apt to keep even a tired man awake at night. 

 Cocoa, on the other hand, is refreshing, it is almost as effectual 

 a ' pick-me-up ' as a whisky and soda, and does very well in 

 its place. For men who do not stop to lunch, cakes of choco- 

 late or raisins are recommended, as being very portable and 

 nutritious. 



My second list of necessaries consists of kitchen gear, and 

 although it may easily be reduced to a ' billy,' a frying-pan, 

 and your fingers if needs must, it is as it stands about as small 

 as is compatible with comfort. Cups, plates, &c., should all 

 be made of what is known as 'granite iron,' as this material is 

 very strong, will not crush like tin, and retains heat a long time, 



