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must be of light colour, and at least one size too large 

 in England ; they should be carefully protected from 

 external air which is ruinous to leather, and they must 

 be greased from time to time, — with fat not with oil — 

 otherwise they will soon become so hard and dry, that 

 it is impossible to draw them on unless treated after the 

 Indian plan, viz. dipped in hot water and stretched 

 with a stuffing of straw.) 



Books and Drawing Materials. — Norie ; Bowdich; 

 Thompson's ' Lunar Tables:' Gordon's ' Time Tables;' 

 Galton's 'Art of Travel;' Buist's 4 Manual of Observa- 

 tion;' Jackson's ' What to Observe;' Jackson's 4 Mili- 

 tary Surveying;' 4 Admiralty Manual;' Cuvier's 'Ani- 

 mal Life ;' Prichard's 'History of Man;' Keith's ' Tri- 

 gonometry;' Krapf's ' Kisuaheli Grammar;' Krapf's 

 'Kinika Testament;' Amharic Grammar (Isenberg's) ; 

 Belcher's ' Mast Head Angles;' Cooley's 'Geography of 

 N'yassi;' and other miscellaneous works; 1 paint-box 

 complete, soft water colours ; 1 small ditto, with Chinese 

 ink, sepia and Prussian blue ; 2 drawing books ; 1 large 

 drawing book ; 1 camera lucida. 



Portable domestic Medicine Chest. — Vilely made. 

 Some medicines for natives in packages. Application 

 was made to Zanzibar for more quinine, some morphia, 

 Warburg's drops, citric acid, and chiretta root. 



Miscellaneous. — 10 pieces scarlet broad-cloth for pre- 

 sents (3 expended) ; 3 knives for servants ; 4 umbrellas; 

 1 hank salmon gut ; 1 dozen twisted gut ; 1 lb. bees' 

 wax ; courier's box with brass clasps to carry sundries 

 on the road; 2 dozen penknives; 2000 fishing hooks; 

 42 bundles fishing line ; 2 lanterns (policeman's bull's 

 eye and common horn) ; 2 iron ladles for casting lead ; 

 1 housewife, with buttons, needles, thread, silk, pins, &c. ; 



