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Provisions. Biscuits, flour, sides of clear 

 bacon sewn in canvas, tea, sugar, salt, pepper, 

 soap in bars, condensed milk, raisins, beans, dried 

 apples, rice, matches, sperm-candles. 



Clothing. One change of underclothing, flannel 

 shirt, and woollen trousers ; three or four 

 pairs of wool socks, overcoat or macintosh, 

 heavy long boots for day (or moccasins), pair 

 easy old gaiter-boots, leather slippers for camp, 

 extra cap, handy bag for small things, large 

 dunnage bag to hold all clothing and warm 

 blankets. 



I have already hinted that Van Doughnuts' 

 clearing provides sleeping accommodation, etc., 

 but I should strongly advise whisky, lunch 

 tongues, hams, biscuits, meats in glass jars, etc., 

 to accompany the party. We found Norfolk 

 Scotch tweeds with stockings, knickerbockers, etc., 

 excellent for fishing, and shooting-boots with easy 

 gaiters answered well for the bush. 



A celebrated hunter gives a very small list 

 of necessaries for an expedition : 



" The blanket and oilskin slicker were rolled 

 and strapped behind the saddle ; for provisions 

 I carried salt, a small bag of hard tack, and a 

 little tea and sugar, with a metal cup in which 



