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if it is practicable to do so. Macaroni is always 

 useful, and a tin of cornflour should be taken in 

 case one is attacked by dysentery, and has to live 

 for a time on slops. 



All stores should be carried in small wooden 

 hinged packing-cases (obtainable in Rangoon), 

 with padlock and key, and should not weigh, when 

 packed, over 160 lbs. Clothes are best carried 

 in cane mule trunks covered with Willesden 

 canvas. These are very light and strong, and last 

 for years. They are obtainable from the jail at 

 Myingyan, on the Irrawaddy. A thick Willesden 

 waterproof sheet is required for bedding. 



A small medicine case (leather covered) is 

 extremely useful, and can be obtained from the 

 Army and Navy Stores, Calcutta. Whether 

 one is taken or not, the following medicines, in 

 Burroughs & Wellcome's tablets, should always 

 be carried : 



Plenty of quinine (for malarial fever). 

 Phenacetin (for sunstroke). 

 Salicylate of soda (for rheumatism). 

 Chlorodyne (for dysentery, cholera, &c). 

 Dover's powder (for dysentery or cold). 

 Cascara Sagrada (or other aperient). 

 Crystals of permanganate of potash (as a 

 disinfectant, or for snake bite). 



Last, but not least, come the servants. This 

 is indeed a difficult question. Servants in Burma 



