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stock ; 12 chisels ; 4 mortise chisels ; 2 sets drills ; 24 

 saw files ; 6 files of sorts ; 4 gouges of sizes ; 50 lbs. 

 iron nails ; 2 planes, with 2 spare irons ; 3 hand saws ; 

 screws. These things were expected to be useful at the 

 lakes, where carpenters are in demand. 



Clothing, Bedding, and Shoes. — Shirts, flannel and 

 cotton ; turbans and thick felt caps for the head. (N.B. 

 not looking forward to so long a journey, we left Zanzibar 

 without a new outfit ; consequently we were in tatters 

 before the end, and in a climate where flannel fights half 

 the battle of life against death, my companion was com- 

 pelled to invest himself in overalls of American do- 

 mestics, and I was forced to cut up blankets into coats 

 and wrappers, The Goanese also had laden themselves 

 with rags which would have been refused by a Jew ; 

 they required to be re-clothed in Kaniki, or blue 

 cotton. African travel is no favourable opportunity for 

 wearing out old clothes; the thorny jungles, and the 

 practice of packing up clothes wet render a double out- 

 fit necessary for long journeys. The second should be 

 carried packed up in tin — flannel-shirts, trousers and 

 stocks, at least six of each, — not to be opened till re- 

 quired. 



The best bedding in this country would be a small 

 horsehair mattrass with two blankets, one thick the 

 other thin, and mosquito curtains that would pack into 

 the pillow. A simple carpet-bag without leathern or 

 other adjuncts, should contain thje travelling clothes, 

 and all the bedding should roll up into a single bundle, 

 covered with a piece of waterproof canvass, and tightly 

 bound with stout straps. 



As regards shoes, the best would be ammunition 

 boots for walking and jack boots for riding. They 



