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INTR OB UCTION 
Waxcloth for tying up bundles of dried and mounted specimens; 
waterproof canvas for covers for presses &c. in case of rain. 
Corrosive sublimate (mercuric chloride) and alcohol for poisoning 
specimens ; made up as required in the proportion of i part to 50. 
Large dish for poisoning. Naphthalin for keeping away insects. 
Kerosine tins or other square tins with large lids for preserving 
specimens in alcohol (lids that push in airtight, as in many tobacco tins, 
are the best) ; soldering apparatus for fastening up when full. 
Bottles with stoppers for preserving delicate specimens ; neckless 
glass tubes , with corks, of various sizes. Bottles are easily packed in 
joints of bamboo, tubes in small tins. 
Muslin for wrapping alcohol specimens. Each should be wrapped 
with its label (in Indian ink, or better on metal) in a piece of muslin and 
packed in the tin ; specimens cannot then become mixed together, and 
can be closely packed. 
Alcohol for preserving ; ordinary methylated spirit is best for most 
things, but some require 70 °/ 0 alcohol, and some absolute alcohol. 
Formalin, picric acid, chromic acid, glycerin, or other preservatives 
for special work. 
Butterfly-net, killing-bottle, insect boxes, entomological pins, if ecological 
work is to be done. 
Hunting-knife, cutlass, or kukri for lopping creepers &c. ; pruning 
shears for cutting branches; stron g pocket knives ; strong narrow-bladed 
trowels ; geological hammer ; strong rope for climbing &c. 
Travelling microscope and lenses ; dissecting microscope ; pocket lenses ; 
microscope slides ; cover-slips in alcohol or oil ; scalpels ; dissecting 
needles ; scissors large and small and with fine points ; razors for 
section -cut ting ; forceps ; dishes ; watch-glasses ; camel-hair brushes. 
Reagents and mountants for simple microscopic work, e.g. iodine, 
glycerine, haematoxylin, gold-size, Canada balsam in xylol, alcohol, oil 
of cloves. 
Compass (prismatic by preference); spirit-level ; aneroid barometer ; 
ther?no 7 neters (ordinary, maximum and minimum, wet and dry bulb) ; 
field glass (very useful for studying cliffs, ravines, trees, &c.) ; maps 
(geographical, geological, outlines for marking distribution, &c.). 
Photographic camera and lenses ; tripod ; films or plates in soldered 
tins ; chemicals and dishes for developing, fixing, &c. 
Drawing pencils (hard, medium, soft); drawing cards ; sketch-block; 
colours; brushes ; india-rubber ; ink; compasses ; rider; scales in inches 
and centimetres ; gum and brush ; pins. 
Spirit-lamp ; tape-measure; string, twine and thread; thin wire; 
sheet -lead or zinc for labels (if latter, also solution of platinic chloride 
for writing on it) ; glue-pot and glue for mounting. 
