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them good and free from dust, etc., and in such 

 convenient quantities that too much need not be 

 opened at any one time. 



The average person about to proceed on a hunting 

 expedition has, probably, his fixed ideas of where to 

 purchase. The danger of buying goods of inferior 

 quahty, that cannot be relied upon to last, must be 

 impressed most seriously upon the reader. The author 

 has always gone to the Export Department of 

 Fortnum and Mason, 182, Piccadilly. Tents and 

 camp equipment which he bought in 1909, and sub- 

 jected to the usual hard usage, have still plenty of 

 service left in them, while the food-stuffs have always 

 been good. The author and his party never had the 

 sickness and alarms (and shortness of food occasioned 

 by the tins being thrown away) which he has seen 

 in the camps of his friends. The firm mentioned 

 (Fortnum and Mason) have excellent catalogues, with 

 lists of chop boxes containing splendid suggestions and 

 reminders of what is wanted. 



The Chop Boxes. — The chop boxes can be divided 

 into two classes : those with the bulk of the food-stuffs, 

 and those so arranged that they contain a varied 

 assortment covering several days' provisions. This 

 method saves the continual overhauling of all the 

 packages, and as the mixed boxes are emptied they 

 can be replenished from the bulk. 



Marks and Lists. — The various packages must 

 be plainly marked and numbered in consecutive order 



