CHAPTER II 

 OUTFIT AND CAMP EQUIPMENT 



The outfit and camp equipment are two very 

 important and necessary parts of an expedition : to 

 take and carry just what will be required, to take 

 nothing superfluous and to leave nothing behind that 

 will be of use, not to take heavy things where light 

 ones will serve the purpose equally as well, or take 

 flimsy articles where stoutness is really required ; in 

 fact, just to take tlic things, and nothing over, is 

 what this chapter hopes to convey to the hunter 

 who is fitting himself out for his trip after big 

 and small game. 



Very many points have to be considered : the 

 climate, the kind of country, the means of transport, 

 the distance away from centres, the length and dura- 

 tion of the trip, and what food supplies can be 

 obtained on the spot. 



All the equipment should be strong, durable, 

 insect- and rot-proof, and as light as practicable ; the 

 food-stuffs should be on the whole plain, sustaining, 

 and of first-class quality, carefully packed to keep 



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