50 WAGNER and TREVOR 



PORTABLE BATH AND WASHSTAND. 



A combined folding canvas bath and washstand, obtainable at a 

 price of about 35/-, is a great comfort and convenience as it can 

 also be used for washing clothes and for panning gravel or crushed 

 rock on prospecting expeditions. A large sponge should be carried 

 as it enables one to have a refreshing bath even when water is scarce. 



SLEEPING OUTFIT. 



A folding camp stretcher should be carried when possible. In 

 lieu of a stretcher a thick layer of cut grass makes an excellent 

 mattress. 



Blankets, sleeping rugs, pillows etc. should always be contained 

 in a waterproof valise of military pattern, as this keeps the bedding 

 together and keeps it clean and dry. 



The best pattern valise know to the writers is the tent valise, 

 made by V. S. Simpson & Company of Pretoria, as this opens up 

 when necessary into a small mosquito-proof patrol tent, which is 

 absolutely watertight in the heaviest rain, and at other times 

 shelters one from the wind, sand, sun and flies. Many of the 

 officers of the Union forces used these throughout the campaigns in 

 German South-West and East Africa, and found them absolutely 

 satisfactory under the most trying conditions. The two photographs 

 (PL IY, figs. 5 6) sufficiently explain the nature and manipulation of 

 the valise. The cost complete with mattress, pillow, mosquito netting 

 and waterproof canvas bag and straps is 7. 



Even if supplied with a good valise the traveller is strongly 

 recommended to take a stout waterproof ground-sheet as these can 

 be put to many uses in rainy weather. 



It is most essential that all bedding should be aired in the 

 hottest sun every day. Not only does this render it fresh and sweet 

 but in many parts of the country - - especially in the damper 

 regions bedding becomes fly-blown in the most unaccountable 

 way when this simple precaution is not taken. 



One or two large waterproof gunny sacks are invaluable in wet 

 weather for carrying clothes and equipment. 



Mosquito Nets. In addition to his mosquito-proof tent or tent 

 valise no traveller in the malarious districts of Africa can afford 

 to be without a small bell-shaped mosquito net. These pack into 

 a very small compass and can be suspended from the branch of a 

 tree or from a stake driven into the ground. Properly tucked under 

 one's blankets or valise they afford complete protection not only 



