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comparatively small compass, two saucepans, a frjing-pan, a 

 tripod, a Russian furnace, and a drinking-cup. Our standing 

 dish as far as Uruspieh, at which point our store became 

 exhausted, was soup made from the essence of beef- tea 

 procurable in London, and Liebig-'s ' Extractum Carnis,' 

 which, combined in nearly equal proportions, and with the 

 addition of a tablet of ChoUet's ' Compressed Vegetables,' 

 produce a veiy palatable and supporting beverage. Dinner 

 finished, we pushed out the plates and cups that had served 

 our turn, cleared our pockets of heavy articles, such as 

 aneroid barometers, compasses, and pocket-knives, that 

 might otherwise have disturbed our rest, and, wrapped in 

 our respective rugs, resigned ourselves to such slumber 

 as the state of our consciences, or of oui* digestions, would 

 allow. 



