an instance of a kettle for tea with a wooden
bottom doing duty in the bush. The plan
was to bury it in the earth, and make the fire
round it.

Galton gives an excellent chapter on guns,
but we prefer quoting from Pallisser. Galton's
plan for carrying a gun on horseback is the
best that has ever been suggested. He says:

"Make a canvas or leathern bag large
enough to admit the butt of the gun pretty
freely, the straps that support it buckle through
a ring in the pommel. The gun is perfectly safe,
never comes below the armpit; even in taking
a leap, it is pulled out in an instant by bringing
the elbow in front of the gun and close to
the side, so as to throw the gun outside of
the arm; then lowering the hand, the gun is
caught up – any sized gun can be carried in
this fashion." Any plan for carrying a loaded
gun muzzle downward is dangerous, as the
ball is likely to slip down away from the
charge and burst the gun when fired. A
horse may soon be taught to stand still
while the rider dismounts and fires, by
pegging the bridle thrown over his head to the
ground, firing, returning and rewarding him;
eventually he will fancy that he is pegged
fast whenever the bridle is thrown loose.

A double-barrelled rifle is invaluable for
deer shooting, but you must not reckon on
accuracy of execution beyond one hundred
and fifty yards equal to a single barrel. As
to calibre, I prefer from twenty-four to
sixteen to the pound. The larger the ball the
greater the necessity for superior powder.
"Gunpowder," says Pallisser, " should be kept
in air-tight packages. The best knife for
hunting purposes is a good plain wooden-
handled butcher's knife, the handle long, the
blade thin – thick-bladed illuminated knives
of the German Jager fashion are only fit to
hang over a chimneypiece – a knife stuck
in a sheath below the knee is handier than
elsewhere. Do not burthen yourself by
trying to forestall a thousand imaginary
necessities. Beyond your guns, good horses,
with their appurtenances, you will require
nothing on the prairie but your knife, flint
and steel, pipe, an iron ladle for melting
lead, a tin mug, and two iron kettles – the
covers will do to fry in."

We shall not quote any more from
Galton, because it is a cheap little book,
and those who want to study the art of
travel can buy it; but shall conclude with a
few notices on this inexhaustible subject by
returning to our own experience, and to the
book of the Abyssinian denizen.

To cross rivers, you may make a raft, or swim.
The Abyssinian way is to pack your watch
and other small perishable things, and a few
articles of clothing, into a goatskin bag, blow
it out, secure the mouth with a string, and
tie one end to the faggot; then mount on
the faggots astride, and be towed across.
But the best and simplest contrivance for
swimming across broad dangerous water, or
for teaching any one to swim, is the following,
which we cut out of a country newspaper
twenty years ago, and have tried and
recommended since with the greatest success to
both sexes. By this plan, in a fortnight, a
timid lady became an excellent swimmer.
Cut two pieces of cork into an oval shape,
the length of the points of your shoulders,
join the two pieces together with a hinge of
leather or gutta-percha on one side and
strings on the other; cut a hole in the centre
large enough for your neck, but too small for
your head to pass through. When put on, it
should rest longwise on your shoulders, and
project four or five inches before and behind
your head. This cork collar will carry two
persons easily; it leaves the arms quite free,
does not raise you too high out of the water,
or obstruct you in swimming; and when
taken off, can be doubled and carried easily
on the head or back. It will also make, if
needed, a very good trimmer for fishing, and
a pillow at night. By the help of this slope
of cork (which is not liable to be punctured
like a Mackintosh belt) we have crossed
rivers holding a gun over our hat, with
powder in the hat; in fishing, by the same
means, we have carried a dry shirt, stockings,
and thin coat across wide flooded streams ;
and once, in skating twenty miles on a river,
the cork collar saved us.

But more important than outfit or arms,
to carry a man through savage lands, are
courage, temper, and tact, with a contented
cheerful spirit. Of these qualities we have
never met with better examples than in the
travels of our Notts Cantabridgian
Abyssinian. He recommends, above all things,
civility. There is nothing like a civil tongue,
and quiet unpretending manners, to get on
not only in savage countries but everywhere
and under nearly every emergency. " Many
travellers," says Mansfield Parkyns, " take a
soldier with them from the chief or king of
the country, where they may be travelling,
and many affect a harsh demeanour to the
natives, demanding lodging, food, &c., in the
most peremptory manner. This is a plan not
at all to be recommended, it often leads to a
quarrel, and is not likely to obtain for the
traveller, what he ought so much to court, if
he wishes to study the manners and customs
of the people – their good-will and confidence.
Here I should very much dislike any one's
forcing himself into my house against my
will, and am disposed to act generally on the
principle of ' Do unto others as ye
would they should do unto you.' On
my arrival in a village, I have found it
the better plan to do as the native travellers
would – wait under a tree until some
one asks me in. A little patience is
sometimes needed. People often gather round
you to look at you, and occasionally make
rather personal remarks; though, generally,
they are very civil. Answer their questions
good-naturedly, take pleasure in making