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excellent beverage into a filthy and unpotable compound. Enamelled bottles, 
until the enamel cracks and the iron is exposed (when tea turns to ink as in 
aluminium), are good, but they do not keep liquids cool ; damping the felt 
of the bottles insures a cool drink ; on the whole, for camp use I recommend 
a glass bottle. 
Filter .—At the time of writing there is no filter to equal the Berkfield 
camp filter, worked on a pneumatic pump principle and fitting into a small 
wooden case. j 
Tent pegs may be carried, though in the jungles they can generally be cut 
near at hand, but for places like Tibet, where wood is extremely scarce, it is as 
well to take light iron ones with an eye at the end secured by a chain and 
padlock. 
Tools .—An adze will replace the tent peg mallet and be found a very useful 
instrument about camp, for it will drive in tent pegs, clear the ground, dig a 
trench, split firewood, cut timber in the rough, and perform various useful jobs. 
A luxury in the shape of a rhost ingenious and complete folding leather tool case 
is supplied by Messrs. Pigott Bros. & Go., London. It takes up but little room 
and contains every tod likely to be nee led in cimp, from a handy axe to a gim¬ 
let, and includes screws, nails, and tacks. If this is not available, don’t forget 
