BULLETIN 39, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



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7. Collecting can with strap. The one-gallon copper can (describeds 

 under the following number) with two loops fastened on top for the 

 insertion of the strap will do good service. 



8. Chest of tanks filled with alcohol. A very compact and handy 

 outfit is figured in the appended cut (fig. 1). It consists of two copper 

 tanks and a tin case inclosed in a wooden box. The latter is made of 

 half-inch boards and measures outside, exclusive of strips, length 13, 

 width 12, height 9^ inches. The hinges are fastened on the inside, and 

 there is a handle on the top of the lid for carrying. It is locked by 

 means of a brass padlock. The larger tank measures, outside, 9| inches 



Fig. 1. — Chest of tauks. , 



long, 6f inches wide, and 7f inches high, and holds about 2 gallons of 

 alcohol; the smaller holds a little Jess thau a gallon, with the follow- 

 ing measurements: length 8|, width 3J, and height 8f inches. Both 

 have brass screw tops with rubber jiacking, the larger with an opening 

 4^ inches in diameter, the smaller 2J inches. To lift them out of the 

 box the larger has two handles on top, the smaller one on the side. 

 The tin box has the following dimensions: Length 9 J, width 8§, height 

 2f inches, and should also have a handle. In the box is room enough 

 for the hypodermic syringe, forceps, notebook, writing materials, labels, 

 cheese cloth for wrapping, bags, cotton, etc. The whole outfit when 

 filled weighs only 40 pounds. 



