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chance or others, and see that the equipment and food 

 are all sufficient, and that the quantities in relation to 

 the duration of the trip are neither underestimated 

 nor greatly overestimated. 



Bear well in mind that health, comfort, and success, 

 and perhaps one's very life, depend entirely on this 

 part of your transport. 



If the search for game takes one into the snowy 

 wastes, remember oil will be wanted for cooking ; 

 and if crossing dry and waterless deserts, water must 

 be carried and arranged for beforehand. 



When on river trips stretches of country between 

 may have to be crossed, and this is where folding 

 boats, that can be transported, will be just the thing. 

 Extra tents for the men may be wanted where wood 

 and palms cannot be found for erecting scherms 

 (lean-tos). 



In fact, take time and give thought to all these 

 matters and endeavour to forget nothing, and at the 

 conclusion of a successful trip there will be not only 

 the remembrance of a jolly good time, but the additional 

 intense satisfaction of having organized the expedition 

 scientifically and to a detail. 



How many big exploring expeditions have broken 

 down owing to the equipment having been wrongly 

 constructed and badly packed, or the food being 

 seriously underestimated ! 



Let not the reader's expedition number itself among 

 these. 



