800 BEDDING 



weighted, the further extremity may be in the 

 air, affording ingress to all sorts of undesirable 

 bedfellows. 



The bedding and pillows should be carried in 

 one of those admirable waterproof canvas con- 

 trivances called a Wolseley valise, than which 

 nothing yet devised is " just as good." Made of 

 stout impermeable canvas, it safely contains 

 your three double Witney blankets, two pairs of 

 sheets, and two pillows with their cases, and can 

 be made to hold, in addition to your pyjamas, 

 all sorts of odds and ends of clothing. On one 

 occasion a Wolseley valise which had accom- 

 panied me on my travels for many years was 

 actually dropped fairly into the Zambezi River, 

 but upon being opened was found to have ad- 

 mitted so little water that it was scarcely necessary 

 to dry anything. Care should be taken in the 

 selection of pillow cases, which should be of the 

 finest linen, and at least one pillow should be of 

 the comfortable feather variety. I have found 

 that the restfulness afforded by these in com- 

 parison to harder and less sympathetic stuffing, 

 especially in cases of slight feverish headache, or 

 other unimportant if troublesome ailments, has 

 been very real. 



An immense boon to the traveller on its 

 introduction was the aluminium bucket canteen. 

 This, in extraordinarily light and most portable 

 form, contains every necessary for culinary and 

 table use, from frying-pans, saucepans, and meat 

 dishes to plates, cups and saucers, condiment 

 boxes, knives, forks, and spoons. But although 



