EQUIPMENT 



A CAREFULLY selected equipment adds materially 

 to the success and pleasure of a Canadian trip. 

 A large part of the camping outfit can be purchased or 

 hired on the spot. Good tents, cooking utensils, and 

 tinned provisions can be procured from the Agency 

 which provides the guides. 



There are certain things that are best not hired ; 

 blankets, rugs, and mackintoshes should be personally 

 provided. At the end of the trip a sense of gratitude 

 will probably suggest their presentation to the faithful 

 attendants. It is rarely advisable to retain them. 



Where pack-horses are not used, and guides have to 

 carry tent, provisions, etc., the equipment should be as 

 light as possible and few articles duplicated. 



For purposes of photography I took a half-plate 

 " Instantograph " with a stereoscopic lens. The scenes are 

 so magnificent and full of detail that the larger the 

 camera is, the better ; most of those in the foregoing 

 pages were taken with a whole plate. There are places 

 where it is impossible to carry, or even set up so large 

 an apparatus, and a second and quickly adjustable camera 

 should be slung round the shoulders in readiness. I 

 found a folding "Clito," with "Ensign" lens con- 

 venient, but in the fierce light a thick cloth should be 

 used to protect the slides, and nothing but backed plates 



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