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vantage counterbalances the added weight of the 

 empty case. In my experience I have found it 

 preferable to purchase cases of one size, namely, 

 2 ft. by 1| ft. by 1 ft. For two persons hunting 

 together about ten such cases would be required, 

 which should be numbered consecutively, and it 

 is a good plan for each person to possess a numeri- 

 cal roll of them containing an exact inventory of 

 the contents of each. At the end of the day's 

 march, after the selection of the camping ground, 

 the head servant should be required to train the 

 carriers before retiring to their shelters to set the 

 cases down facing the tents in numerical order 

 with padlocks to the front. This practice, into 

 which the men rapidly fall, saves much trouble 

 and delay when something is wanted in a hurry 

 after darkness has fallen. 



The camp should be lighted by those excellent 

 wind-proof candle-lamps known as the "Punkah," 

 for which several spare glasses and tops should be 

 taken. These must be provided with composite 

 candles, not wax, on account of the latter's well- 

 known tendency to soften and run into all sorts of 

 shapes on exposure to the smallest heat. For 

 purposes other than those connected with the 

 table, folding tin candle lanterns with talc slides 

 are the best. 



For use in standing camps, two or three large 

 canvas buckets will be found most useful, as 

 also several canvas water-bags of various sizes. 

 Two of these latter should be of a size cap- 

 able of holding two gallons of water, 'and be 

 furnished with a small tap for drawing off the 



