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Bedding ~Whatever bedding is carried, a waterproof sheet or a waterproof 
valise is a sine qua non. A mosquito net of ordinary mesh and one of mull-mull 
when sandflies are about. 
Sleeping bags and valises of various designs and makes, such as the 
Wolseley, are extremely useful in hill work, and when on the march, 
may be used as receptacles for various bath and toilet requisites. Of course 
on occasions a bed of dry bracken or the young branches of the pine 
piled a foot high is not to be despised for its softness, elasticity and 
fragrance. A Seetulputtee mat to sleep on is a cool and comfortable accessory 
for the hot weather. 
Bath , basin and buchet , &e .—Can be well made out of green Willesden 
canvas, which is both water and rot-proof. A wide strap fitted with hooks and 
buckled round the tentpole, makes a good clothes horse. 
Boxes. —Mule-trunks, 2 ft. long X 1 ft. wide, and 15 ins. high, are handy, 
and form an ordinary cooly load ; yak-dans of leather, 22 ins. long X 14 ins. 
wide X 14 inches high, are also recommended for hill work. Messrs. Eroom 
& Co,, of Calcutta, make, I believe, a patent combination of yak-dan and bed 
on the Kinloch principle which is worth consideration. Yak-dans and mule- 
trunks may be procured at Cawnpore, Peshawar, and other centres. In the 
