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of such a paragon among knives would drive the pro- 

 spe6live traveller to despair, for where could he hope to 

 get one possessing so many perfedlions, and which if 

 satisfadlory as to tweezers should not fail lamentably as 

 to the saw, or whose corkscrew fell short of the desired 

 size. Dr. Kitchiner, ever ready to help, informed him 

 that a knife possessing all narrated qualifications could 

 be obtained from the maker, one Coleman at No. 4 

 Haymarket. 



"Golashes or Parabones" were advised as proteftions 

 against damp; and for a cheap and comfortable travel- 

 ling cap nothing was so satisfaftory as a "Welch 

 Wig." 



Whatever else he left behind the traveller was exhorted 

 to take his umbrella; and such an umbrella, for, says the 

 "Oracle," "the stick of which may contain a Telescope 

 or a Sword." 



The list is too long to give in full, but here are some of 

 the things Dr. Kitchiner considered indispensable: 



A Portable Case of Instruments for Drawing. 



A Sketch and a Note-Book. 



A folding one Foot Rule. 



A Hunting Watch with seconds. 



A Mariner's Compass; this may be in a Seal, on the 



top of a Snuff-Box, or Head of a Cane. 

 A Thermometer; this may be in a Tooth-Pick case. 

 A Barometer for measuring heights; this may be in a 



Walking-Stick. 

 Dr. Kitchiner's Invisible Opera Glass. 

 A Night Lamp. 

 A Tinder Box. 



