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Instruments. — 1 lever watch ; 2 chronometers ; 2 

 prismatic compasses, slings, and stands ; 1 ship's azi- 

 muth compass ; 2 pocket compasses ; 1 pocket ther- 

 mometer ; 1 portable sun-dial ; 1 rain gauge ; 1 eva- 

 porating dish ; 2 sextants and boxes, with canvas bags 

 to be slung over porters' shoulders ; 2 artificial horizons 

 (with a little extra mercury, to be followed by more) ; 

 1 pocket lens ; 1 mountain barometer lent by Bombay 

 Geographical Society (very delicate) ; 3 thermometers; 

 1 measuring tape (100 ft.); .1 sounding lead; 2 boil- 

 ing thermometers; 1 box of mathematical instruments; 

 1 glass ; 1 telescope ; 2 ft. rule with brass slide ; 1 

 pocket pedometer by Dixie ; 1 parallel ruler. 



Stationery. — Foolscap paper ; 1 ream common paper ; 

 6 blank books ; 3 Letts' diaries ; 2 dozen pencils ; 6 

 pieces caoutchouc ; 6 metallic note books ; 3 memoran- 

 dum ditto ; 1 box wafers and sealing wax ; 2 field 

 books ; steel pens ; quill ditto ; ink powder which makes 

 up well without acid ; 3 bottles ink ; 1 bottle native 

 ink; 2 sets meteorological tables, blank; 4 tin cylinders 

 for papers (very bad, everything rusts in them) ; 

 Nautical Almanacs for 1857 and 1858 ; charts, Mr. 

 Cooley's maps ; " Mombas mission map" ; skeleton maps ; 

 table of stars ; account book ; portfolio ; wooden and tin 

 cylinders for pens, &c. 



Tools. — 1 large turnscrew ; 1 hand saw ; 1 hammer; 

 20 lbs. nails; 1 hand vice; 1 hone; 9 hatchets (as a 

 rule every porter carries an axe) ; 2 files ; 9 Jembe or 

 native hoe ; 9 Mas'ha or native dibbles; 1 cold chisel; 

 1 heavy hammer ; 1 pair pincers. To be followed by 

 1 bench vice ; 1 hand ditto ; 12 gimlets of sizes ; L 

 18-inch stone grinder, with spindle and handle ; 6 split- 

 ting axes; 12 augers of sizes; 2 sets centre-bits, with 



