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One .22 rifle, 1,000 cartridges. 



One shotgun, 50 shells No. B.B. shot, 200 shells 



No. 4 shot, 200 shells No. 8 shot, 200 shells No. 10 shot. 



Gun oil, rags, and rods, assorted fish hooks and lines. 



Camping Outfit. 



One light tent, one pack cloth, one folding lantern, 

 one canvas bucket, two frying pans, three pots, plates, 

 cups, knives, forks, spoons, can opener, one hatchet, 

 100 ft. ^ in. rope, one pack bag or harness, one kero- 

 sene hot-flame stove, two 1-gallon oil cans. 



Trading Goods for Small Curios. 



Assorted needles, red, blue, black, white thread, leaf 

 tobacco, plug tobacco, chewing gum, matches, best 

 quahty small tools. 



Trading Goods for Furs, Ivory, etc. 



Flour, sugar, automatic rifles and cartridges, saws, 

 drills, vises, clocks, watches, sewing machines, cotton 

 duck (white, brown and blue). 



Among the most useful things was a series of charts 

 of the coast of Alaska and Siberia, together with detailed 

 charts of the various harbors which we expected to enter. 

 It soon appeared that all those aboard the "Abler" 

 were old, at least older than those we had just brought 

 from Washington, and many of them were torn so that 

 their use was difficult. Most of the work of navigation 

 was therefore done with these new charts. 



We put into the uppermost bunk, which was chin- 

 high, all the clothing and things which we did not need 

 to have at immediate hand. Elting took the middle 



