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the various articles that comprise an outfit, so as to 

 enable the sportsman to get a good approximate idea 

 of the size of his proposed expedition and thus avoid 

 what so often happens to beginners, that they have 

 purchased articles too heavy or have a total weight 

 far beyond what they had in their minds. A point 

 that is sometimes overlooked, and that has caused more 

 than once the reorganization of the transport, is the 

 carrier's own clothing and food. 



To return to the items of the outfit. 



Uniform Cases. — For the personal clothes, there 

 is no better trunk than the uniform case (with or 

 without a false wood bottom). This is made of steel, 

 has good clips and locks, and has a rubber or leather 

 band on the inside which effectually prevents wet, 

 damp, or dust entering. 



A case weighing about i8 lb. and measuring 25 by 

 15 by 10 is a useful size and allows contents of 32 or 

 42 lb., which brings the total up to a load of 50 or 

 60 lb. Two of these should carry all the personal 

 outfit that will be required for several months. 



Avoid leather or all-wood trunks, as they, especially 

 leather, are affected both by climate and by insects. 



Tents. — The tent is a most important item, and it 

 is not easy to combine size, strength, and weight for 

 a one-man load. 



And even when this has been accomplished, it will 

 be found to be beyond the one-man load after a night 

 of heavy rain or dew ; so that although a single-load 



