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merline for lashings, and hanging clothes or towels upon ; 

 a pair of pincers, hammer, nails of sorts, screws, hooks, gi ru- 

 ble ts and turn screw ; a smal Hooking glass, clothes brush, one 

 or two small hand swabs, a mop, a hand broom and dust pan. 

 You should have a supply of two dozen of (bottled) good water 

 in the cabin, and a reserve (say four to six dozen ) in the hold. 

 On no account be persuaded to transfer it to the Captain's 

 steward, on the promise that he will supply you when you 

 require it ; he, in all probability, has none, except the 

 ship's stock in the hold ; and you would find it a poor sub- 

 stitute for your own, when you most needed it. A couple of 

 large Bengal guglets will be useful, to keep your supply of 

 washing water in ; one or two of pewter (the round China 

 guglet is very good) standing (or rather hanging) in a grum- 

 met of rope or rattan, with the means of hanging them up, 

 are required, to bring your daily supply of fresh water for the 

 cabin from the fore-hold, and two or three common tin pots, for 

 bringing hot water from the galley ; one or two China wooden 

 lackered washing basons (for which there will probably be 

 an early call unless your party are all good sailors), a clasp 

 knife, cork-screw, a small bucket and rope, a small foot tub, 

 and the means of obtaining a light ; but not by the use of 

 acids, or other liquids, lest you endanger the ship. Do not 

 forget comfortable chairs without castors ; children are best 

 off on board on morrahs or hassocks. You must provide 

 oil for your lamp in stone bottles, and cotton wick ; have two 

 lamps, one of thick glass (a globe) for oil, another a sliding 

 shade for candles, and a spare glass for it ; tumblers, and, 

 when there are children, strong drinking mugs ; take on 

 board some coarse stuff for curtains, with spare brass rings, 

 a few iron rods, and screw eyes for hanging them. You will 

 require for children a good supply of toasted bread, bis- 

 cuits and ginger-bread in tin cannisters, arrow root, sago, 

 rollong, tea and sugar in stone jars : and you will find 

 Bruce's mulligatawny paste a very grateful addition to broth. 

 Bring all your musquito curtains with you, they will be use- 

 ful in Cape Town, and are a good protection on board against 

 cockroaches. You may derive not amusement only, from hav- 

 ing in your possession three or four skeins of Europe logline, 



