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be made to fit the front, and the back need have no entrance. A small window 
is useful at the back. Outerfly 7 ft. high, inner 6 ft. 6 ins. A servant's tent can 
be single-fly, of water-proof canvas, lined with blanket stuff. Size about 7 ft. 
square, with a waterproof ground sheet. A small tente d y Abri should also be 
taken of a “flying camp.” 
Waterproof sheets , 7x7, with eyelet holes all round, are very necessary: 
and a common umbrella or two will often be found useful. 
I have found the tents manufactured by the Elgin Mills Company, Cawn- 
pore, to be most satisfactory in every way, and they cater specially for the Indian 
sportsman. Verb. sap. 
Camp Furniture. 
Beds. There are many excellent patent beds which combine all the quali¬ 
ties necessary for this item. I cannot attempt to recommend any, seeing that 
ideas of comfort vary, but it would be as well, before deciding on anv of these 
patents, to consider their ability as weight carriers ; for a heavy man will find 
the somewhat primitive arrangement of four legs, four poles'and canvas or 
leather infinitely preferable to some of the “waistcoat pocket” arrangements 
now on the market. 6 
