214 HINTS ON TRAVELLING AND CAMP EQUIPMENT. 



a permanent gun-carrier, and should receive an outfit the same as the other servants ; but 

 regular Shikaris and gun-carriers should be procured in each district you visit. 



No Shikari is of any use except in the country which he knows, and few have more 

 than purely local knowledge. 



MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS. 



Having now given my ideas on camp equipment generally, I append a list of articles, 

 most of which will be found indispensable in camp. 



Portable waterproof tub. Waterproof bucket. ' ChdgaV or leather water-bag. 

 Strong lantern. Candles. Portable sundial. Green or neutral tint goggles. Hatchet. Two 

 or three butcher's knives. Steel. Strong scissors. String. Needles and thread. Arsenical-soap. 

 Powdered alum. Wax matches. Sticking plaister. Quinine. Chlorodyne. Cockle's pills. 

 Lunar caustic. Holloway's ointment. Penknives. Some cotton wool. Plenty of dusters 

 for servants. A spring weighing* machine to weigh up to ioo lbs. Common soap for washing 

 clothes. Toilet soap. Stationery. A few favorite books. A measuring tape. Green gauze 

 or goggles for servants when crossing snow passes. 



A good rope should be provided for each load, as it frequently happens that coolies and 

 owners of pack animals have no ropes, and much time may be lost in procuring them. 

 The ropes should be collected and counted before coolies are paid off, or they will certainly 

 be stolen. 



Pack Animals and Pack Saddles. 

 Mules, Ponies, Yaks, and Donkeys. 



My recommendations, as regards camp equipment and the arrangement of loads, have 

 been made for mountainous countries and narrow paths, where coolie-carriage only is 

 available. No alteration will, however, be necessary, when mules, ponies or yaks can be 

 obtained, but still more attention will have to be paid to the packing of loads and to their 

 proper adjustment. 



With properly packed loads marches can be much more rapidly performed with mules 

 or ponies than with coolies, but if animals are badly loaded there will be much delay as 

 well as breakage. 



It would seldom be worth the while of any sportsman to purchase his own transport 

 animals, unless for a very extended expedition where no difficult passes have to be crossed, 

 but should any one determine to buy his own beasts I should advise him to get mules. 

 They are more expensive than ponies, but they are hardier, thrive better on coarse fare, 

 keep their condition better, and are much less likely to go lame. 



With one's own pack animals good pack-saddles are required, and the Otago pattern 

 is the one I prefer. If properly fitted it will never cause a sore back, and, as it is furnished 

 with hooks, loads can be attached to it in a moment. If necessary it can be used as a 

 riding-saddle. 



* A light and handy weighing machine is made in the Government workshops at Roorkee. 



