Preparations for the Journey 
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LOADS 
One small universal instrument ... ... ... ... i 
Two surveyor’s tables with telescopic graphometres and 
stands ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 
Compass, square and stands ... ... ... ... ... i 
One standard compass ... ... ... ... ... 2 
One deviation magnometer ... ... ... ... ... i 
Two stands for magnetic instruments ... ... ... i 
Two boiling thermometers, barometer, two reserve com¬ 
passes, two large and six small chronometers ... ... 2 
Drawing-paper and materials ... ... ... ... i 
Scientific books, tables and charts ... ... ... ... 2 
One large reserve universal instrument ... ... ... 2 
(b) Geological — 
Hammers, blowpipe apparatus, gold-working dishes, etc. 10 
(c) Zoological — 
400 litres alcohol ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 
Arsenical soap for preparing skins ... ... ... ... 5 
Alum for dressing hides ... ... ... ... ... 10 
Potato-flour for cleaning skins ... ... ... ... 3 
Traps for beasts of prey ... ... ... ... ... 2 
Tin-plate and glass vessels, nets, linen, boxes for insects, 
preparing instruments, etc. ... ... ... ... 23 
(d) Botanical —« 
Condensing lenses, tin boxes, linen bags, naphthalene, 
packing thread, etc. ... ... ... ... ... 6 
Thirty pieces trellis pressing, tin-plate fittings, alcohol, 
indiarubber plaster for sealing up chests ... ... 3 
Four climbing-irons ... ... ... ... ... ... i 
10,000 sheets paper, 1,000 sheets millboard for botanical 
collections, packed in twenty-four tin-lined cases ... 26 
(e) Ethnological — 
Plaster of Paris ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 
Phonograph and plates, etc. 3 
Books, paper, etc. 2 
