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vegetables being the staple food of the Burman, the quantity 

 taken out should be sufficient to last throughout the journey. 



Matches, toilet-paper, a case of candles containing twenty- 

 five packets, two candlesticks with spare globes ; the pattern 

 of the former should, if possible, be in two pieces to allow of 

 its being fixed up on a peg or nail driven into the tent-pole. 

 Oil lamps are a nuisance, as everything in time, one's food 

 included, invariably becomes impregnated with the taste of 

 the oil, kerosene, which does not by any means act as an 

 appetizer. Should lamps however be taken, a couple of Hinks* 

 best hurricane hand-lamps are the least troublesome, most 

 serviceable, and cheapest. 



All the above may be purchased either at Mandalay or in 

 any of the cargo or bazaar-boats plying up and down the river, 

 to which reference has already been made. A good supply 

 of pounded saltpetre and alum for the curing of skins and 

 heads of the various animals shot should also be included. 



Tents, Camp-tables, Chairs, etc. 



Second-hand or even new tents, single and double, may be 

 picked up in Rangoon or Mandalay for Rs.5O or Rs.6o. 

 Should the sportsman, however, bring one out with him, I would 

 recommend him getting a light, strong, waterproof V-shaped 

 tent 10 x 8. The best material is green Willesden waterproof 

 canvas. One end of the tent should be closed. The open end 

 should have two flaps fitted with eyelet-holes, so that it can 

 be laced up at night if necessary. The poles, which should, if 

 possible, be of bamboo, should be pointed with rings in them so 

 that they can be tied together when packed. All joints of the 

 poles should be fitted like those of a fishing-rod, metal to metal, 

 otherwise in wet weather, when the wood swells, it is difficult to 

 get them apart. Messrs. Benjamin Edgington, 2 Duke Street, 

 London Bridge, S.E., make these tents. They may also be 

 had at the Military Equipment Stores, 7 Waterloo Place, Pall 

 Mall. A very good pattern of a trestle-cot, an improvement 

 of my colleague, Col. Pollok, may also be obtained at 

 the former place. The double Cabul tents, usually seen in 

 India and Burma, are not to be recommended, as I have always 



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