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HINTS TO TRAVELLERS. 
have to pass rapidly through a country and for those who may have 
more opportunity for- making leisurely observations. .To the former the 
following brief hints may prove serviceable 
Observe and note— 
1. As regards Resources— 
The extent or quantity, quality, facilities for raising or collecting, 
for transport and shipment, &c., of 
(a) The natural products, such as minerals and metals, especially 
gold, silver, coal, iron, copper, tin, nitre, guano, phosphates, &c,; 
timber useful for various purposes; vegetable products, useful for 
food, fibres, dye-stuffs, or medicine—gums, resins, &c.; animal 
products useful for food, skins, fur, feathers; riverine or 
lacustrine products, useful for food, oil, or other purposes. 
( b ) Substances cultivated for food or for manufacturing purposes. 
(c) Articles manufactured for clothing, for domestic, warlike, or other 
purposes. 
(d) Native methods of developing resources, of carrying on manu¬ 
factures, and of transport. 
( e ) Practicability of developing the resources of the country by 
European methods. 
2. As to Wants 
(a) What particular things used by the natives could be profitably 
supplied from the outside ? 
( b ) What do the natives lack that might be introduced and supplied 
from the outside ? 
(c) In all cases be particular to note favourite materials, shapes, 
colours, or other peculiarities, as of cloths, implements, orna¬ 
ments, such as beads, anklets, &c. 
3. As to Accessibility :— 
Note the nearest ports and railways; the character and con¬ 
nections of native roads, if any; the navigability of rivers, 
inlets, and lakes for various kinds of craft at various seasons ot 
the year; heights of passes, whether suitable for animals or 
