SLEDGES AND HARNESS 



One tube ginger essence 



sodium salicylate. 



morphine sulphate. 

 Two clinical thermometers. 



We had also the following medical stores : 



Four first field dressings. 



Two compressed bandages. 



Two triangular bandages. 



Two ounces compressed absorbent wool. 



Two ounces compressed cyanide gauze. 



Two pieces wood splinting. 



One reel adhesive plaster. 



Packet court plaster. 



One tube gold-beaters '-skin. 



One pocket surgical dressing-case. 



Two pairs spare goggles and spare glasses. 



One pair molar dental forceps. 



Two bottles Newskin. 



Six hundred tabloids Easton's syrup (1 dr.). 

 Six ounces Emergency Oxo. 



The total weight of the drugs and medical stores was 

 seven pounds. 



Four eleven-foot sledges were to be taken, one for 

 each pony. Each sledge was fitted with straps, five 

 placed at intervals along its length, so that the stores 

 and equipment might be made fast. The buckle end 

 of a strap was on one side and the hauling end on 

 the other alternately. At either end of each sledge 

 was fixed a box. These boxes contained the instru- 

 ments, burning oil, primus lamps, medical stores 

 and other small articles and on top of one of them 

 was lashed the cooker. The sledge harness for man- 

 hauling was attached to a becket at the bow of the 

 sledge. 



The harness for the ponies was made with a broad 

 leather band round the chest and traces of Alpine rope 



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