FOR THE HIMALAYAS. 



top The leather covering is carried over the seam and hinges, 

 and materially assists to keep out rain and dirt, while the box is 

 much more handy to open in a tent In the annexed sketch the 

 hing j -line is shown by dots from A to A. Four of these should 



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suffice to carry most of the kit, including stores and cooking 

 utensils. A small piece of waterproof for each is a great blessiLg. 

 A square yard will be enough, and will insure your boxes being 

 always kept dry, for in incessant rain the contents are certain to 

 suffer a little otherwise. 



An adze is a most useful tool in camp, to replace the heavy and 

 unwieldly tent-hammer in the first place, and do a good many jobs 

 that that instrument could not attempt. The adze weighs about 



31b., and will drive tent pegs, dig a trench round and clear the 

 ground for the tent, split firewood, and cut timber in the rough. 

 Being faced with steel at the nose, it does not get much blunted by 



