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containing thin wooden trays, will hold the outfit and 

 many small specimens. For special trips where transpor- 

 tation is available, a light chest, bound with thin iron, is 

 preferable. 



When camping for a season, a camp-stove is really nec- 

 essary, and affords great comfort. One can be secured 

 with full variety of utensils, weighing but 25 lbs., and 

 costing but a moderate sum. 



Guns, ammunition, and traps, should be selected accord- 

 ing to the game to be sought for. A suitable selection of 

 shot should also be made, though the collector needs, 

 usually, Nos. 4, 8, 10, and 12. 



For ordinary trapping, the 0, 1, and 2 traps are used ; 

 but in a country where large animals abound, larger traps 

 will be needed. A full set of collector's instruments is 

 very essential to the naturalist's outfit, also materials and 

 preservatives for preparing specimens, which will be 

 treated of hereafter. Articles liable to be lost by the 

 bursting of wrappers, should be placed in small canvas 

 bags, all of which should be enclosed in a larger one ; 

 they can thus be easily packed and handled. A few bot- 

 tles of strychnine will be found useful in poisoning ani- 

 mals. 



