PREPARING TO START 87 
Nothing more. There never had been anything 
more—except the mirage ! 
We set about preparations for departure; and you 
may like to hear what we carried on our backs. . Here is 
the list :-— 
300 CARTRIDGE MAGAZINE, containing: 
1 Biscuit tin of 43 lunch biscuits. 
1 Biscuit tin of 39 digestive biscuits. 
1 Tin of cocoa. 
4 Pots of Liebig’s extract. 
6 Pots of Bovril. 
4 Small tins of potted meat. 
Tin-opener. 
Kettle-lid. 
SEXTANT CASE, containing: 
Dried apple chips. 
Dried vegetables. 
Raisins. 
2 Desert spoons and forks. 
CAMERA CASE, containing: 
Methylated spirits (pint bottle). 
Boiling machine. 
Podophyllin and quinine pills. 
Lint. 
Plaster. 
Essence of ginger. 
Cough tablets. 
Egg drills and blowers. 
Wadding., 
Pencils. 
Matches. 
TIN BOTANICAL CASE, containing: 
Bacon, 1 lb. 
