INDEX.

A.

Abyssinian mule platforms, 345

Accommodation of tents, to increase, 61

Adaptation of hames to collars, 460

Admiral Belcher’s expedient for moving vessels during calms, 175

Adzes or axes, makeshift, 381

African boots, 412

Aguardiente, to make, 579

Albatross, catching, 587

Alligators, catching, 590 Securing snared fish from, 591

Aloe juice, extracting, 802

Altitudes, ascertaining, 741 Low, or levels, to obtain, 734 Table of, 742

American cordway, 324 Indian lodges, 308 Life raft, 167 Portable boat, 154 Wild fruits, 530

Ammunition, packing, 17 Taking abroad, 17, 19

Amphibious animals, trapping, 666

Anchors, 375

Angle at which to pitch a tent, 56

Animals, calls of, 679 Infested with fly, treatment of, 804 Purgative for, 802 Skin of, as food, 557 Wild, observation of the habits of, 773

Antidotes for poison, 80 From arrows, 620

Ants, locusts, and other insects and their larvæ as food, 562

Anvils, 193, 197

Aparejo, 463

Application of wind power to horizontal wheel, 512

Aps or chupatee, 544

Aquatic birds, traps for, 675

Arctic regions, hints for the, 309, 316 Hutting in the, 309

Armament, hunter’s, 655

Arobas waggon, 441

Arrest hemorrhage, 695

Arrow-fishing, 594 Trap, 657

Arrows, harpoon, 594 Poisoned, 619, 622 Rifling, 624

Artificial horizon, 29 And sextant, use of, 743

Artillery, charges for, 241 Cartridges and wads for, 243 Dromedary or Zembourcks, 245 Field, 448 Repairing, 243 Shot for, 246 Sledges, 406 Unspiking, 243 Zembourcks, 245

Artist’s materials, 22

Ascertaining altitudes, 741 Variations of the compass, 732

Ash cake, 549

Assegais, to render useless, 203

Attachment of straps, for sledges, 399

Australian bark canoe, 162 Spears and spear throwing, 616 Tent, 59 Two-wheel drays, 454

Axes or adzes, makeshift, 381

Axles, to make and repair, 215

B.

Baggage derrick, extempore, 330

Bags, pack-saddle, 36 Sleeping, 786

Baits, fish, hints on, 605 For traps, 667

Baking bread, 550 Cakes, 549

Ballast for boats, 177

Balsas canoe, 140

Bamboos, building with, 289 Various uses for, 358

Bananas and plantains for food, 533

Bandages, surgical, 689

Bark canoes, 105 Australian, 162 Canadian, 157 For canoes, mode of stripping, 156 Stripping from trees, 789 Uses of, 789

Base metals, to detect, 263

Baskets, fish traps, 595, 597 Waterproof, 500

Bayonets, 11 Sheath knives as, 202

Beams, masts, &c. for platform boats, 114

Bear trap, 663

Bechuana hut, 280

Beds, camp, 44

Beehive hut, Kafir, 279

Bees’ Nests, taking, 580 Wild, to smoke out, 537

Bell mules, 466

Bellows, 69 And forge, extempore, 213

Bell-tent made to hold many people, 61

Bent wood, 380

Biltong, 575

Birch bark canoes, 157 For canoes, 156

Birdlime, 679

Birds, aquatic, traps for, 675 Calls for, 679 Traps for, 673 Preserving, 574 Sea, cooking, 584 Snaring, 673

Bite of tsetse fly, 653

Bits, 34

Blackcock trap, 672

Bladders and paunches for holding water, 499 And water-skins, repairing of, 783 Use of, 783

Blanket used for extemporising a tent, 59

Blindfolding pack animals, 465

Blockhouse, 296

Blocks and pulleys, 383 Double, 386 Signal, 385 Snatch, 385

Board house, 278 Wigwam, 274

Boards, ice, 403

Boats, American portable, 154 Ballast for, 177 Bridges of, 350 Building, 121, 125, 128 Canvas or skin, 48, 100 Cape waggon, 129, 131 Catamaran, 165 Clinker, 125, 128 Collapsible, 155 Connecting beams, masts, &c. for platform, 114 Copper, 50, 118 Copper, materials used in, 54 Copper platform, 110 Corrugated iron, 51 Esquimaux, 103 Fitted with inflated tubes, 170 Indian cattle, 99 Inflated canvas, 48 Inflated, to make safe, 117 Iron, 51, 118, 123 Leaky, 91 Massoolah, 164 Metal life, 124 Metal platform, 107, 110 Metal, to connect odd sections of, 125 Mixture for painting metal, 113 Models of, 105, 119 Norwegian, 165 Paddling, 134 Portable canvas, 49 Portable steel, 166 Proas, 135 Quagga hide, 102 Reed, 97 Rules for sailing, 177 Russian cargo, 102 Sculling, 132 Skin, 100 Things to be thought of when designing, 105 Torres Straits, 162 Wattled, 125 Whale, 610 Without nails, 165 Wooden platform, materials for, 114

Boers’ method of loading guns quickly, 228

Boiling meat, 553 Rice, 565 Water without pots, 553

Bolts and nuts, dies and taps for, 198

Bones, horns, tendons, fish skin, &c. use of, 784

Books for travellers, 29, 31

Boomerang, 617

Boots, African, 412 And shoes, 6, 412 Clamps for, 420 India rubber, to mend, 429 In tropical countries, hints on, 429 Laces, 7 Lasts for, 416 Making, 417 Sledge dogs’, 403 Snow shoe, 410 Stitching, 421 Thread for, 420 Wading among rocks, 429

Boring heavy logs, 376

Botanical specimens, collecting, 764 Packing and preserving, 771

Boulders, to remove, 265

Buoys, life, 95

Bowls, wooden, 393

Bows, cross, Chinese, 623 Pellet, Indian, 624 Strings, tightening, 622

Box markings, 700

Boxes as floats, 97 Copper, 8 For Cape waggon travelling, 9 For rafts, 144

Braces, 5

Brands of camels, 481 Cattle, making, 480

Branding cattle, 478

Branch, peg, and log ladders, 349

Brass guns and their charges, 241 For barter with natives, 210 Softening and hardening, 210

Bread baking, 550

Breakers, rules for passing through, 176

Break for wheels, 443

Brick tea, 571

Bridge shears, to construct, 336

Bridges, boat, 350 Cable and twig, 335 Chain, 331 Deodar beam, 341 Fly, 331 Gabion, 327 Ice, 343 Indian rope, 341 Natural, 346 One tree, 325 Rafter, plank, and slab, 342 Swamp, 326 Tartar, 328

Bridles, 34

Broken masts, 182 Spars, scarfing, or fishing of, 181

Bruised gun barrels, to repair, 226

Buckets, bamboo, 358 Canvas, 67 Gutta percha, 73 Leather, 72 Palm, 523

Buck-shot moulds, 19, 222

Buik-waggon, 437

Building, bamboo for, 289 Boats, clinker, 128 Boats, hints on, 128 Boats of metal, 121 Boats of wood, 123 Boats, things to be thought of when, 105 Fires, 539, 540 Jetty, 329 Mission Churches, plans for, 301 Of the Portuguese in Africa, 305 Rafts, principles of, 147 Walls, 291 Wheels, 366, 371

Bullet moulds, 9, 220, 230

Bullets, cleft, 229 Hardening, 228

Bullock trunks, 8

Bull’s-eye lantern, 86

Burning charcoal, 266

Bush knife, 11

Bushman’s hut, 278

Bustard shooting, 670

Butter, preserving, 583

Buying horses, 577 Second-hand guns, hints on, 11

C.

Cable and twig bridge, 335

Cakes, baking, 549 Meat, 566 Sago, 556

Calabashes, float, 96 For holding water, 498

Calls, bird and animal, 679

Calming troubled water by means of oil, 176

Camels, 475 Brands, 481 Embarking, 487 Feeding, 486 Harnessing, 476 Hints on, 483, 486 Journal or diary, 489 Loads and distances, for, 485 On shipboard, fastening, 489 Water in stomach, 487 Wounds on backs of, 800

Camp beds, 44 Filters, 501 Furniture, 389 Medicine-making, hints on, 802 Of ox waggons, to defend, 297

Canadian bark canoe, 157

Candles, 86 Guttering, to prevent, 556 Making, 87 Malay, 89 Packing, 88 Screens for, 88

Cannon, cartridges for, 243 Charges, &c. 241 Mounting, 237, 240 Repairing, 243 Shot for, 220, 246 Unspiking, 243 Wads, 243 (See also Artillery.)

Canoes, Australian bark, 162 Balsas, 140 Bark, 105, 157, 160, 162 Birch for, 156 Canadian bark, 157 Carriage for, 159 Cedar bark, 160 Dug-out, 104, 163 Fejee, 139 Fuegian, 161 Inflated canvas for one man, 50 Long, 163 Mode of stripping bark for, 156 Outriggers for, 99 Queen Charlotte’s Island, 158 Shoe, 161 Water transport, 496

Canteens, 70

Canvas boat, inflated, 49 Boat, portable inflated, 48, 100 Buckets, 67 Canoe for one man, inflated, 50 Or skin boat, 100

Cape waggon, 433 Boats, 129, 131 Chests as rafts, 140 Load for, 453 Tent, 59 Tent or tilt, 130 Wine, 440

Cap squares of a gun, makeshift for, 239

Caps for the head, 5 Percussion, and their substitutes, 240 Priming, to make, 244

Capstan, gunner’s, 374

Cargo boat, Russian, 102

Carnivora, hunting of, 646

Carpenter’s tools, 41

Carriages, canoe, 159 Wheeled measuring distances travelled by, 726

Carrying, rolling, and parbuckling heavy spars, 352

Carrying water, 495

Cartridges and wads for cannon, 243 Making, 232, 235

Case hardening, 205

Cases for saddles, 34 Tin, utilisation of, 212

Casting horses, 800 Oxen, 801 Ropes for horses, 801

Casks, water, to embark, 379

Catamaran float, 165

Catching albatrosses, 587 Alligators, 590 Cattle, 654 Crayfish, lobsters, &c., 604 Crows, 680 Deer with thorn wreaths, 624 Ducks, &c. 675 Fish, 585, 587 Musk rats, 667 Ostriches, emus, &c., 668 Porpoises, 612 Sea fish, 585 Turkeys, 670

Catgut and parchment, 782

Cattle boat, 99 Brands, making, 480 Catching, 654 Drinking troughs for, 493 Hobbling, 469 Marking, 478 Watering, 493

Cautions regarding glanders, 806

Cedar bark canoe, 160

Cereals as food, 569

Chain and rope ladders, 348 And links, 462 Bridges, 331 Pole, 335

Chalk lines, 292

Charcoal burning, 266

Charges, &c. for brass guns, 241

Chemical tests, for minerals and metals, 260

Chests as rafts, Cape waggon, 140

Chinese cross-bow, 623 Slab and trestle bridge, 343

Chisels, cold, 204 Making incisions in iron with, 194

“Chucknuck,” or “strike-a-light,” 537

Chupatee or aps, 544

Chupper screens, 294

Churches, fortifying, 301 Mission, plans for building, 301

Cider, plantain, 533

Clamps for boot making, 420

Cleaning guns, 237

Clearing fine sand from gun-locks, 69 Nut, 505

Cleft bullets, 229

Climb palms, to, 523

Clinker boat, 125, 128

Clinometer, makeshift, 738

Clip for holding posts, &c., 273

Clock, water, 741

Cloths, saddle, 33

Coats, 5, 6

Cocoa nut palm, uses for, 360 Shells, use of, 526 Use of, 524

Cold chisel, making, 204 Making incisions in iron with, 194

Colic or gripes, remedy for, 802

Collapsible boat, 155

Collars, horse, 457

Collecting botanical specimens, 764 Dew, 518, 523 Mineralogical and geological specimens, 771 Natural history specimens, 763 Water from rain-falls, 504

Colonists and natives, to obtain information from, 758

Common dog sledge, 404

Companions and servants, conduct to, 702

Compass, pocket, 28 Points of, 633 Variation of, to ascertain, 732 Marking distances with, 30

Conduct to companions and servants, 702

Connecting beams, masts, &c. for platform boats, 114

Contusions, remedy for, 79

Convenient tool hold-all, 43

Cooking pots, 71 Sea birds, 584 Stove, Norwegian, 558

Copper and iron, to tin, 210 Boats, 50, 51 Boats, materials used in, 54 Boxes, 8 Or iron skiff, 118 Skiff, 118 Tinning, 210 Water flasks, 495

Cooper’s work, 377

Coracle, 100

Cordway, American, 324

Corrugated iron boat, 51 Houses, 305

Cost and materials of metal platform boat, 110

Cotton torch, 89

Covers for lamps, 87

Cravats, hog’s, 391

Crayfish, lobsters, &c. to catch, 604

Creeper or grapnel, to trip, 603

Crimea, tent used in, 62

Crook and prong house, to build, 284

Cross-bow, Chinese, 623

Cross-tree saddles, 465

Crows, catching, 680

Cup lamp, 85

Cupping, 695

Cutting gun barrels, 198 Sheet metal, snips for, 213 Timber, season for, 270 Up large game, 575

D.

D’Abri, Tente, 57

Damaras hut, 282

Damper, 549

Damp places, procuring water from, 492

Dams, weirs and spears, 596

Dead game, protecting, 660

Deep-water glass, 187

Deer catching with thorn wreaths, 624 Enticing, 660 Traps, 659

Defensible camp with ox-waggons, 297 Churches, 301 Farm-house and village, 295, 298

Deodar beam bridge, 341

Derrick, baggage, 330 Landing, 349

Deris, to make, 342

Designing boats, things to be thought of when, 105

Destroy mule leeches, to, 805

Detection of base metal, 263

Dew, collecting, 518, 523

Diarrhœa and its remedy, 79

Diary, &c. in duplicate, 21 Or journal, camel, 489

Dies and taps for bolts and nuts, 198

Dimensions of sledges, 394

Disabled artillery, management of, 448

Dishes and plates, to make, 213

Dislocated shoulder, reducing, 694

Distances, estimation of, 739 For camels, 485 Measurement, 30, 726 Travelled by wheeled carriage, measuring, 726

Distil aguardiente, to, 579 Water, to, 494

Ditty bag, 68

Dividing and packing venison, 661

Dogs, boots for, 403 Free from the attacks of the tsetse fly, 652 Packs for, 405 Securing to sledges, 400 Sledge and harness for, 396, 404 Sledge, food for, 400

Doors and gates, to make and hang, 289

Double boat of copper, 51 Block, 386 Canvas boat, inflated, 49 Metal boats, 107 Sextant, 26

Dough nuts, 550

Drags for wheels, 443

Drawing sledges, 395

Drays, Australian, 454

Dressing for wounds, 73 Skins, 779

Dried flesh, 558

Drills and saws, 376

Drinking troughs for cattle, 493

Driving a coracle, 100 And leading horses, 473

Droge, the, 167, 168

Dromedary brands, 481 Points in the, 483 (Zemboureks), artillery, 245

Drowned, treatment of the apparently, 188

Drugging fish, 606

Dubbin, to make, 429

Duck for ground sheet, &c., 6

Ducks, &c., catching, 675

Dug-out canoes, 104, 163

Duplicates of correspondence, &c., 21

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Economy in food, 560

Edible frog, 564

Eggs, ostrich, 565 Preserving, 583 Shells of, horns and calabashes for holding water, 498

Elephant hunting, 634

Elg-Led, 658

Elk trap, 658

Embarking camels, 487 Horses, 473 Water casks, 379

Emus, ostriches, &c., catching, 668

England, outfit to take from, 4

Enticing deer, 660

Equipment, mule, hints on, 468 North Australian expedition, 35 Sledge, 399 Waggon, 446

Erecting a perpendicular on a given point, 320

Escape, fire, 353 Pole, Indian, 347

Esquimaux boat, 103 Ice hut, 314 Lamp, 86 Sledges, 398 Snow hut, &c., 312 Summer tents, 315

Establishing communication with a lee shore by means of a kite, 185

Estimate distance, to, 739 Strength of ropes, to, 793 Time, 740 Weight of rope, to, 793

Expedients for moving vessels during calms, Admiral Belcher’s, 175 For saving boats in rough water, 176 For working ships’ pumps, 176

Expedition by twenty-one men for eighteen months, stores, &c., required for, 46

Extracting gun nipple, 204 Sap from timber, 355

Extricating waggons from quicksands, &c., 145

F.

Fall-traps, 662 Plank, 664

Farmer’s stores and horse medicines, 84

Farmhouse, defensible, 295, 298 And village, to fortify, 298

Fastening camels on shipboard, 489 Horses, 472 Makeshift, 335

Fat, to treat, 784

Feathers, ostrich, packing, 622

Feeding of camels, 486

Feet, sore, 430

Felling timber, 268

Fences, 273, 291

Ferries and fly bridges, 331

Ferrying wheels over rivers, 144

Fever and its remedy, 77

Field artillery, 448 Sledges, 406 Guns and their charges, 241

Figure of four traps, 663

Fijee canoes, 139

Filing up and trimming iron after forging, 194

Filters, camp, 501 Extemporised, 501, 503, 506 Patent, 506

Finding height of a tree or other object, whose base is accessible, without instruments, 321 Points of the compass, 633 River pearls, 256 Water, 493 Width of rivers or ravines without instruments, 318

Firearms, hints on, 236 Makeshift, 245 Testing, 13

Fire baskets, 555 Building, a, 539, 540 Escapes, 353 Fuel for, 539, 541, 542, 543 Maintaining, 542 Places, makeshift, 553 Producing, 535 Signal, as a, 539

Fish baits, hints on, 605 Catching, 587 Drugging, 606 Haunts of, hints on, 605 Hooks, makeshift, 586, 587 Hooks, to make, 209 Roe, preserving, 583 Sea, Catching, 585 Securing from alligators, 591 Skin, use of, 784 Spearing, 607, 608 Spears, weirs, and dams, 596 Torch, 89 Traps, baskets, 595, 597

Fishing broken spars, 181 Implements, 604 Lines, to make, 597 Nets, 600, 603 Tackle making, and hints on, 588 Under ice, 602

Fitting-up of tents, 61

Flasks, water, copper, 495

Flat-bottomed steel boat, 166

Flesh, dried, 558 Preserving, 572 Transportation of, hints on, 576

Flint muskets, 10

Float for one man, skin, 154 Waggons, to, 144

Floats, calabash, 96; boxes, 96 Catamaran, 165 Bark, 99 Inflated skin, 152 Mangrove wood, 163 Milk-bush, 163 Skin, 99 Wood, 99

Flour, preserving from weevils, 556 From wrecks, 557

Fly bridge and ferries, 331 Infested animals, treatment of, 804 Tsetse, 650

Flying railway at Ichaboe, 338

Food, economy in, 560 Gathering, hints on, 577 Insects and their larvæ as, 562, 581 Reptiles as, 560, 564 Sledge dogs’, 400 Various, 566 Vegetable, 563

Foot coverings, makeshift, 425

Footways, tree, 330

Fording rivers, hints on, 344

Forge and bellows, extempore, 213

Forecastle lamp, 87 Hints on the management of the, 192

Forked sticks, uses of, 388

Form of tent peg, 64

Fortifying churches, 301 Farm and village, 298

Foundations for houses, 304

Fox trap, 664

Fracturing glasses, as to obtain a sharp edge, 625

Fritters, 536

Frogs, edible, 564

Fruits, obnoxious juices, removing of, 520 Wild, 567 Wild, of America, 530

Fuel for fires, 539, 541, 542, 543, 556

Fuegean pole house, 309 Canoe, 161

Furnace, makeshift, 553

Furniture, camp, 389

G.

Gaberdine, 4

Gabion bridge, 327

Galls in horses, 799

Game, dead, protecting, 660 Pegs, &c., 392

Gates, latches for, 390 Making and hanging, 289

Gathering food, hints on, 577 Mushrooms, hints on, 582

General hints on boat building, 128

Geographical information, to obtain from natives and colonists, 758

Geological and mineralogical specimens, collecting, 771

Geology for travellers, 250

Gipsy tent, 57

Glanders, cautions regarding, 806

Glass bottles, lightning averted by, 289 Fracturing, so as to obtain a sharp edge, 625

Gloves, 5 Gold, identifying, 257 Qualities of, 810 Searchers, hints to, 251

Grapnel or creeper, to trip, 603

Grass filters, 504

Grenades and rocket arrows, 246

Grindstones, mounting, 387

Gripes or colic, remedy for, 802

Ground lines, and their management, 593 For tent pitching, 66

Guano stages at Ichaboe, 337

Gum-tree bark canoe, 162

Gun barrels, to cut, 198 Barrels, to repair when bruised, 226 Cleaning, 237 Locks, oil for, 236 Nipple, to extract a, 204 Repairing, 199 Rests, 392 Second-hand, hints on buying, 11 Sighting, 200 Sights, 201 Slings, 39 Spring, 656 Telling time by, 238

Gunner’s capstan, 374

Gunpowder, to make, 247 Plan for securing, 37

Gunyah, the, 278

Gut, silkworm, 599

Guttapercha buckets, 73

Guttering in candles, to prevent, 536 H. Habits of wild animals, observation of, 773

Halters, 37

Hames, adaptation to collars, 460 Makeshift, 458

Hammocks, 45

Handbarrow, makeshift, 389

Hand mill, 544

Hanging doors and gates, 289

Handles of stock whips and lead pencils, 225

Hardening brass, 210 Bullets, 228

Hard rove rope, treatment of, 793 Wood, 358

Harness and pack animals, 457 For dog sledge, 396 Hints on, 461 Mule, 459 Tightening, 465

Harnessing and yoking draught oxen, 452, 454, 455 Camels, 476 Hints on, 461 Reindeer, 406

Harpooning hippopotami, 613 Seals under ice, 603

Harpoons, 609 Arrow, 594

Hartebeeste hut, 282

Hats and caps, 5

Haunts of fish, hints on, 605

Hay and straw ropes, spinning, 792

Headstalls, 37

Heat-conducting bodies, 809, 810

Heavy spars, to carry, roll, or parbuckle, 352

Height of a tree, or other object whose base is accessible, to find without instruments, 321

Hemorrhage, to arrest, 695

Hide boat, quagga, 102 Ropes, 784

Hints on boat building, 128 Boots in tropical countries, 429 Buying second-hand guns, 11 Camels, 486 Camp medicine making, 802 Fire-arms, 236 Fish baits, 605 Fishing tackle, 588 Food gathering, 577 Fording rivers, 344 Gold searching, 251 Gathering mushrooms, 582 Harness and harnessing, 461 Haunts of fish, 605 Horse and mule purchase, 806 Hygeens, and camels, 483 Management of the forge, 192 Matters connected with waggons, 446 Mule equipment, 468 Mule purchasing, 466 Raft building, 147 Sentries, 301 Servants and slaves, 704 Serving rations, 559 Shoeing horses, 798 Sledges, 401 Transportation of flesh, 576 Trapping, 666 Travel, 701 Travelling in the arctic regions, 309, 316

Hippopotami, use of, 616 Harpooning, 613

Hitches and knots, 794 On measuring lines, 365

Hobbles, 38

Hobbling cattle, 469

Hogs’ cravats, 391

Hold-all for tools, 43

Holder for torches, 555

Honey, finding and taking, 580

Hook trap, 664

Hooks, fish, 209, 586, 587

Hoop-iron, uses for, 194

Horizon, artificial, 29 Artificial, and sextant, use of, 743

Horizontal wheel, application of wind power to, 512

Horn lantern, 86

Horns for holding water, 498 Use of, 784

Horse and mule waggons, 442

Horses, buying, 577 Casting ropes for, 801 Collars, 457 Embarking, 473 Fastening, 472 Galls, 799 Glanders, 806 Leading and driving, 473 Medicines and farrier’s stores, 84 Poultice, 799 Purchase of, hints on, 806 Securing, 800 Shoeing, hints on, 798 Sledges, 405 Sore backs, 799 Teeth, and other irregularities, 805 Throwing, 800

Hour glass, 740

Houses, African, Portuguese, 305 Board, 278 Crook and prong, 284 Corrugated iron for, 305 Defensible farm, 295, 298 Foundations for, 304 Fuegean pole, 309 Log, 275 Logier hill, 287 Reed, 293 Thatches for, 285, 288

Howitzers, and their charges, 242

Hunter’s armament, 655

Hunting elephants, 634 Large carnivora, 646 Lions, 642

Hurdle or wattle work, 382

Husks of cocoa nut, use of, 526

Huts, Bechuana, 280 Beehive, 279 Bushman’s, 278 Damaras, 282 Fuegean, 309 Hartbeeste, 282 Ice, 314 Namaqua Hottentot, 283 Papuan tree, 307 Peat, 309 Savages’, 278 Snow, 312 Stone, 280 Rio Negro, 307 Tartar, 294 Thatches for, 285, 288 Vaal river, 281

Hutting in the arctic regions, 309, 316

Hygeens and camels, hints on, 483

I.

Ice boards, 403 Bridging a river by means of, 343 Fishing under, 602 Harpooning seals under, 603 Huts, 314 Getting under, 602

Ichaboe guano stages and flying railway, 338

Identification of gold, 257 Precious stones, 254

Implements, fishing, 604

Impurities from water, removing, 505

Incisions in iron with cold chisels, to make, 194

Increase accommodation of tents, 61

Increase size of bell-tent, 61

Indian (American) lodges, 308 Cattle boat, 99 Escape pole, 347 Gharrie waggon, 441 Lamp, 87 Pellet bow, 624 Rope bridge, 341 Scaling ladders, 348

Indiarubber boots, to mend, 429

Inflated boats, to make safe, 117 Canvas boat, 48, 49, 50 Skin floats, 152 Tubes, boat fitted with, 179

Information from natives and colonists, to obtain, 758

Insects and their larvæ as food, 562, 581

Inspanning, 452

Instruments for mapping, 31 For mapping a route, 24 Stands for, 738

Intestines for holding water, 500

Introduction, 1

Iron articles, selection of, 446 Boats, 51, 123 Corrugated for houses, 305 Making incisions with cold chisels in, 194 Ore, to smelt, 258 Platinizing, 206 Rod, weight of, 809 Rusting, to prevent, 207 Skiff, 118 Test for wrought or malleable, 447 Tinning, 210 Trap, 665 Uses for scrap and hoop, 194 Welding of, 192

Irregularities of teeth in draught animals, 805

Irritated surfaces, remedy for, 80

J.

Jackets, 4 Making, 698

Jetty, to build an extempore, 329

Joining odd sections of metal boats, 125 Sheet metal, 211

Journal in duplicate, 21 Or diary, 20 Or diary, camel, 489

Juices, obnoxious, removing from fruits, &c., 520 K. Kaffir beehive hut, 279

Killing sheep, 560

Kites as auxiliaries to swimming, 183 As sails, 182 Establishing communication with a lee shore by means of, 185 Scaling cliffs with, 185 Signalling by means of, 184 Tacking by means of, 184

Knives, 40 Knives, makeshift, 193 Sheath and bayonets, 202

Knots and hitches, 794

L.

Ladders, 353 Indian scaling, 348 Makeshift, 348 Miners’, 347 Peg, branch, and log, 349 Rope and chain, 348

Ladles, spoons, and their substitutes, 227

Lamps, bull’s-eye, 86 Covers for, 87 Cup, 85 Esquimaux, 86 Forecastle, 87 Indian, 87 Railway, 87 Oils for, 85 Portuguese, 84 Reflecting, 87 Wicks for, 85

Lancers’ tent, 58

Landing derrick, 349

Lanterns, bull’s-eye, 86 Horn, 86

Larch trees, 358

Large game, cutting up, 575

Larvæ of insects as food, 562

Lasts for boots, 416

Latches, 390

Lathes, makeshift, 386

Laudanum, preparation of, 803

Lead ore smelting, 228 Pencils and stock whip handles, 225 Plates, to make, 225

Leading and driving horses, 472

Leaf torch, 89

Leakage in water-skins, repairing of, 499

Leaky boats, to stop, 91

Leaping-poles, 347

Leather buckets, 72

Leeches, mule, to destroy, 805

Lee shore, establishing communication by kites with a, 185

Levelling, 340 Staff, extemporised sight vane for, 737

Levels or low altitudes, to obtain, 734 Water, substitute for, 738

Library, the traveller’s, 29, 31

Life-belts, 94 Boat, metal, 124 Buoys, 95 Line, 96 Raft, American, 167

Liggers and trimmers, 591

Lighting a fire, 539, 540

Lightning, averted by glass bottle, 289

Line slings and lob sticks, 334

Lines, fishing, 597 For measuring, 292 Ground, and their management, 593 Measuring, 365

Lining for old huts, tents as, 61

Links and chains, 462

Lion hunting, 642

Lizards, snakes, &c. as food, 560

Loads for camels, 485 Cape waggon, 453

Lobsters, crayfish, &c. to catch, 604

Lob sticks and line slings, 334

Locality for water, 491

Lodges of the American Indian, 308

Logging-up timber, 269

Logier hill house, 287

Log, boring a, 376 Clip, 273 For sledges, to make, 399 House, to build, 275 Peg and branch ladders, 349 Splitting, 543 Steaming, 357

Long canoes, 163

Lotus roots and seeds as food, 564

Low altitude or levels, to obtain, 734

M.

Maintain a fire, 542

Maize, preserving, 569

Malay torch, 89

Mallets for driving tent pegs, 64

Management of forges, hints on the, 192 Disabled artillery, 448 Ground line, 593

Mange, preventive and remedy, 803

Mangrove wood floats, 163

Manna and its preparation, 529

Maple sugar, 528

Mapping, 30 Instruments for, 31 On Mercator’s projection, 754 Routes, instruments for, 24 Tables, 755 Marking boxes, 700 Cattle, 478 Marrow bones, 557 Martin trap, 662 Massoolah boats, 164 Masts, broken, 182 For platform boats, 114 Matches from blue lights, 556 Materials for copper boats, 54 Metal platform boat, 110 Ropes, 788 Sketching, &c. 22 Wooden platform boat, 114 Mats, rush, 283 Measurements, extemporary, 363 Of distances, 30 Of distances travelled by wheeled carriages, 726 Of time, 740 Of waterflow of a river, 757 Rough modes of, 363 Measuring lines, 292, 365 Lines, hitches on, 365 Tape, to make, 320 Meat, boiling, 553 Cakes, 566 Preserving, 572 Roasting, 551 Transportation of, hints on, 576 Medical stores, 73 Medicines, 73 Hints on making, 802 Horse, and farrier’s stores, 84 Mercator’s projection, mapping on, 754 Mescal, to make, 579 Metal (base), to detect, 263 Metal boat, building a, 121 Double, 107 Joining odd sections of, 125 Life, 124 Mixture for painting, 113 Platform, 107, 110 Steel, 166 Metal pannikin, making, 211 Sheet, joining, 211 Sheet, snips for cutting, 213 Metals, tests for, 260 Milk-bush floats, 163 Preserving, 582 Spirit, 534 Mills, makeshift, 544 Mineralogical and geological specimens collecting, 771 Minerals, chemical tests for, 260 Miner’s pump, to make, 266 Swing and ladder, 347 Tools and mining, 252 Mining and miner’s tools, 252 Mission churches, plans for building, 301 Mixture for painting metal boats, 113 Mocassins, 424 Models of boats, 105, 119 Mosquito nets, 67 Moulds, buck shot, 19 Bullet, 220, 230 Shot, 222 Mounting cannon, 237, 240 Grindstones, 387 Moving vessels during calms, Admiral Belcher’s expedient for, 175 Mules, bell, 466 Equipment, hints on, 468 Harness for, 459 Leeches, to destroy, 805 Packing purposes, 467 Platforms, Abyssinian, 345 Purchase of, hints on, 466, 806 Refractory, to secure, 459 Teeth and their irregularities, 805 Waggons for, 442 Mushrooms, hints on gathering, 582 Muskets, flint, 10 Repairing, 208 Musk rats, catching, 667 N. Namaqua Hottentot hut, 283 Nardoo for meal, 545 Natives and colonists, to obtain information from, 758 Natives, plough, 390 Rewarding, 493 Natural bridges, 346 History specimens, preserving and packing, 766 History specimens, collecting, 763 Naturalists’ outfit, 761 Nave auger, to work, 376 Turning, 370 Necessaries for the table, 70 Necessary carpenter’s tools, 41 Nets, fishing, 600, 603 Mosquito, 67 Netting, 797 Under ice, 602 Nipple of a gun, to extract, 204 North American wild fruits, 530 Australian expedition, equipment of, 35 Norwegian cooking stove, 558 Boats, 165 Skidor, 411 Nuts and bolts, taps and dies for, 198 O. Oars for travellers, 114 Observation of the habits of wild animals, 773 Observatory, portable, 29 Obtain geographical information from natives and colonists, 758 Levels or low altitudes, to, 734 Odds and ends for sledging, 402 To take abroad, 69, 73 Offal of animals, 557 Oil for gun locks, 236 For lamps, 85 On troubled waters, 176 Or sugar cane mill, 546 Palm, 525 Ointment for wounds, 802 Oneida trap, 665 One man, inflated canvas canoe for, 50 One-tree bridge, 325 Ore, iron, smelting, 258 Lead, smelting, 228 Ostriches, catching, 668 Eggs, 565 Feathers, packing, 622 Otter, making and working, 593 Outfit for artists, 22 Naturalist’s, 761 Outriggers for canoes, 99 Makeshift, 92 Outspanning, 453 Ovens, makeshift, 550 Oxen, casting, 801 Yoking and harnessing, 452, 454 P. Pack animals, 463, 474 Animals, blindfolding, 465 Oxen, 654 Pack ropes, 465 Saddle, 35 Saddle bags, 36 Saddle crooks, 388 Saddle, Spanish, 463 Packing ammunition, 17 Botanical specimens, 771 Candles, 88 Natural history specimens, 766 Ostrich feathers, 622 Riding saddles, 37 Venison, 661 Packs and pack animals, 474 Dog, 405 Paddling, 134 Pail-yoke, 391 Pails, palm, 523 Water, 496 Painting and sketching under difficulties of travel, 716 Metal boats, mixture for, 113 Palanquins, stretchers, &c., 682 Palm, bucket of, 523 Cabbage, 523 Climbing, 523 Cocoa nut, 360 Leaves, use of, 527 Oil, 525 Range and uses of the, &c. 524, 526 Sugar, 525 Toddy, 524 Vinegar from, 525 Pannikin, to make, 211 Papuan tree hut, 307 Parbuckling, carrying, and rolling heavy spars, 352 Parchment and catgut, 782 Passing through breakers, rules for, 176 Patent filter, 506 Patrol tent, 55 Paunches and bladders for holding water, 499 Pearls, river, to find, 256 Peat hut, 309 Pegs and rests for guns, game, &c. 392 Branch and log ladders, 349 Pellet bow, 624 Pemmican, 573 Pencils and stock whip handles, 225 Penetration of rifle balls, 17 Pen trap, 671 Perch bolts, to repair, 197 Percussion caps and their substitutes, 240 Perpendicular, on a given point, to erect, 320 Pipes, buckets, &c. of bamboo, 358 Pistols, 18 Pitching tents, 55 Selection of ground for, 66 Pitfall, 647 Plane table and its use, 735 Plank fall trap, 664 House, 278 Rafter, and slab bridges, 342 Screens, to make, 292 Plans for building mission churches, 301 Plantains, cider, 533 Plantains for food, 533 Plants holding water, 504, 522 Sap as substitute for water, 491 Yielding sap as a substitute for water, 516, 518, 521 Plates, lead, to make, 225 Making, 213 Platform boats, connecting beams, masts, &c. for, 114 Metal, 107, 110 Wooden, 114 Platforms, Abyssinian mule, 345 Platinizing iron, &c., 206 Ploughs, native, 390 Settlers”, 391 Pocket compass, 28 Handkerchiefs, 5 Points in the dromedary, 483 Of the compass, 633 Poisoned arrows, 619, 622 Cure of wounds from, 620 Poisons, 680 And their antidotes, 80 Pole chains, 335 House, Fuegean, 309 Indian escape, 347 Poles, leaping, 347 Repairing, 218 Porcupine trap, 657 Porpoises, catching, 612 Uses of, 613 Portable boat, American, 154 Boat of inflated canvas, 48 Boat, steel, 166 Observatory, 29 Tool chest, 44 Portuguese buildings in Africa, 305 Lamp, 84 Potato whiskey, 534 Pots and pans, 71 Raft of, 150 Sugar making, 548 Poultice, horse, 799 Powder-flasks, 19 Precious stones, to identify, 254 Preparation of American wild fruits, 530 Laudanum, 803 Manna, 529 Skin for boots, 414 Preserving birds, 574 Botanical specimens, 771 Fish roe, eggs and butter, 583 Flesh, 572 Flour from weevils, 556 Iron from rusting, 207 Maize, 569 Milk, 582 Natural history specimens, 766 Skins, 774 Preserved vegetables, 582 Preventing a candle from guttering, 556 Iron rusting, 207 Preventive and remedy for mange, 803 Of tsetse fly bite, 654 Priming caps, to make, 244 Principles of raft building, 147 Proas, 135 Procuring aloe juice, 802 Fire, 535, 540 Water from damp places, 492 Water from wells, 492 Producing fire, 535 Projection, Mercator’s, mapping on, 754 Of routes, 751 Prong and crook house, to build, 284 Protecting dead game, 660 Pulleys or blocks, 383 Pumping ships, 176 Pumps, extemporised, 516 Miners’, to make, 266 Punk, 537 Purchase of horses and mules, hints on, 806 Purgative for animals, 802 Purifying water, 507 Q. Quadrant, 744 Quagga hide boat, 102 Qualities of gold, 810 Quantity and nature of stores required by 21 men for 18 months, 46 Of ammunition to take abroad, 17 Quarrying stone, 263 Queen Charlotte’s Island canoe, 158 Queen, the, 544 Quicksands, extricating waggons from, 145 R. Radiating heat power of various bodies, 810 Rafter, plank and slab bridges, 342 Rafts, American life, 167 Cape-waggon chests as, 140 From wrecked ships, 92 Inflated skin, 152 Pot, 150 Principles of building, 147 Reed, 98 Sedge grass, 150 Trennelled, 146 Rail splitting, 272 Railway lamp, 87 Rainfalls, collecting water from, 504 Raising a roof, 287 Water from wells, 508 Waggons, &c. from quicksands, &c. 145 Rakes, forks, &c. from sticks, 391 Rations for one man for six days, 566 Scale of, for rough travelling, 559 Hints on serving, 559 Ravines or rivers, to find the width of without instruments, 318 Reducing dislocated shoulder, 694 Reed boat, 97 Houses, screens and sheds, 293 Raft, 98 Reefing of sails from the sides, 174 Reflecting lamp, 87 Reindeer sledge, 406 Harnessing, 406 Refractory mule, to secure, 459 Region of the tsetse fly, 652 Remedy for colic and gripes, 802 Diarrhœa, 79 Fever, 77 Irritated surfaces, 80 Mange, 803 Snow blindness, 79 Strains and contusions, 79 Removing boulders, 265 Obnoxious juices from fruits, &c., 520 Sand, &c. from gun locks, 69 Render boats safe, 92 Repairing axles, 217 Bladders, water skins, &c., 783 Bruised gun-barrels, 226 Cannon, 243 Guns, 199 Leakage in water skins, 499 Muskets, 208 Perch-bolts, 197 Poles, 218 Vessels, temporary, 168 Wheels, 218 Wheel-tires, 195 Reptiles as food, 560, 564 Rests for guns, &c., 392 Rifle shooting, 203 Revolvers, 18 Rewarding natives, 493 Rice, boiling, 565 Riding and pack oxen, 654 Saddles, packing of, 37 Rifle balls, penetration of, 17 For travellers, 231 Rests, 203 Selecting, 10 Sights, 16, 201 Shells, extempore, 226 Sporting, 231 Rifling arrows, 624 Rigs of vessels, 172 Rio Negro huts, 307 Rivers, ferrying wheels over, 144 Hints on fording, 344 Or ravines, to find the width of without instruments, 318 Pearls, to find, 256 Water flow, measurement of, 757 Rivets, 213 Roads, to make swamp, 317 Roadways, cane and twig, 335 Roasting meat, 551 Rocket arrows and grenades, 246 Rod iron, weight of, 809 Rolling, carrying, and parbuckling heavy spars, 352 Roof, to raise a, 287 Roots for food, 533 Of lotus as food, 564 Yielding sap as a substitute for water, 516, 518, 521 Rope bridge, Indian, 341 Casting, for horses, 801 Chain ladders, 348 Hard rove, treatment of, 793 Hay, 792 Hide, 784 Ladders, 348 Making, 790 Materials for, 788 Pack, 465 Straw, 792 Strength of, to estimate, 793 Weight of, to estimate, 793 Rucksacks, 787 Rudders, temporary, 178 Rue ruddy, 395 Rules for passing through breakers, 176 For sailing boats, 177 To be observed when sledging, 401 Rush mats, 283 Russian cargo boat, 102 Routes, projection of, 751 S. Sabots and socks, 428

Sacks, ruck, 787 Water, skin, 780

Saddles, 32 And gun rests, 392 Cases, 34 Cloths, 33 Cross-tree, 465 Pack, 35 Packing of, 37 Spanish pack, 463

Sago cakes, 556 Making, 532

Sailing boats, rules for, 177

Sails and their substitutes, 172 Kites used as, 182 To reef from the sides, 174 Substitutes for, 174

Samovar, 90

Sandals, 426

Sand, &c. from gun locks, to remove, 69

Sap from timber, to extract, 355 Of plants as substitute for water, 491

Savages’ huts, 278

Saw-pit, substitute for, 274

Saws and drills, 376

Scale of rations for rough travelling, 559

Scaling cliffs, &c. kites for, 185 Ladders, Indian, 348

Scarfing of broken spars, 181

Scissors, 41

Scrap-iron, uses for, 194

Screens, Chuppar, 294 For candles, 88 Plank, 292 Reed, 293

Sculling, 132

Sea-birds, cooking, 584

Sea-fish, catching, 585

Season for cutting timber, 270

Seals, harpooning under ice, 603

Seasoning wood, 355

Second-hand guns, hints on buying, 11

Sections, odd, of metal boats, to join, 125

Securing cattle, 469 Fish from alligators, 591 Gunpowder, mode of, 37 Horses, 472 Horse for an operation, 800 Tent ropes, modes of, 65

Seeds and roots of lotus as food, 564

Sedge grass raft, 150

Selection of bullet moulds, 9 Ground for tent pitching, 66 Guns, 9 Iron articles, 446 Rifles, 10 Servants, 704

Sentries, hints for, 301

Servants and companions, conduct to, 702 Slaves, hints on, 704

Serving rations, hints on, 559

Settlers’ plough, 391

Setting traps, 665

Sextant and artificial horizon, use of, 743

Sheds, reed, 293

Sheath knives or bayonets, 202

Shears to construct bridge, 336

Sheep killing, 560

Sheet-copper boat, 50, 51 Iron, weight of, 808 Metal, to join, 211 Metal, snips for cutting, 213

Shells for rifles, extempore, 226 Of cocoa-nut, use of, 526

Shelves, makeshift, 293

Ship-board, fastening camels on, 489

Ships, rafts from, 92 Pumping, 176 Water-bags, 498

Shirts, 4 Making, 696

Shoe canoe, 161

Shoeing horses, hints on, 798

Shoemaker’s wax, 415

Shoes and boots, 6, 412 Snow, 408

Shooting bustards, 670 Tortoises with arrows, 624

Shot belts, 19 Cannon, 220 Cannon, makeshift, 246 Making, 223 Moulds, 222

Signal clock, 385 Fire as a, 539

Signalling by means of kites, 184

Signs of the weather, 185

Sight vane for levelling staff, extemporised, 737

Sighting guns, 200

Sights, gun, 201 Rifle, 16, 201

Silkworm gut, 599

Sinking wells, 513

Skates and their substitutes, 411

Sketching and painting, under difficulties of travel, 716

Skidor, Norwegian, 410

Skiff of copper or iron, 118

Skins as food, 557 Boat, 100 Cattle boat, 99 Dressing, 779 Float for one man, 154 Floats, 99 Preparation of, for boots, 414 Sleeping bags, 786 Treatment, 774 Use of, 784 Water, 496 Water, and bladders, repairing, 783 Water, repairing leakage in, 499 Water sacks, 780

Slab plank and rafter bridges, 342

Slaughtering sheep, 560

Slaves and servants, hints on, 704

Sledges, attachment of straps for, 399 Dimensions, 394 Dog, 396, 404 Drawing, 395 Equipment of, 399 Esquimaux, 398 Field artillery, 406 Harness for dog, 396 Hints on, 401 Horse, 405 Ice board, 403 Log for, 399 Reindeer, 406 Runners of, to smooth, 398 Speed of, to check, 400 Stopping, 400 Summer, 408 Tobogun, 403 Travail, 404 Whip, 397

Sleeping bags, 786

Slings for guns, 39

Slow match and tinder, 537

Slugs, making, 223

Smelting iron ore, 258 Lead ore, 228

Smith’s tools for travelling, 208

Smoking out wild bees, 537

Smoothing roughened runners of sledges, 398

Snakes as food, 560 Bites, &c., 82

Snares, 673

Snatch block, 385

Snips for cutting sheet metal, 213

Snow-blindness, and its remedy, 79 Hut, 312 Shoe-boots, 410 Shoes, 408

Soap making, 785

Socks and sabots, 428 And stockings, 5

Softening brass, 210

Solids, Weight of, 809

Sore backs, 799 Feet, 430

Spanish pack saddle, 463

Spawn, fish, preserving, 583

Spars, carrying, rolling, or parbuckling, 352 Scarfing or fishing of broken, 181

Spearing fish, 607, 608

Spears, Australian, 616 Fish, weirs and dams, 596 Throwing, Australian, 616 Turtle, 617

Specimens, botanical, collecting, 764 Botanical, packing and preserving, 771 Geological and mineralogical, collecting, 771 Natural history, collecting, 763 Natural history, preserving and packing, 766

Speed of a sledge, to check, 400

Spinning hay and straw ropes, 792

Spirit from milk, 534

Splicing, 797

Splints, surgical, 691

Splitting logs, 543 Rails, 272 Timber, 271

Spoons, ladles, and their substitutes, 227

Spooring, 628

Sporting rifles, 231

Spring guns, 656

Spurs, 34

Square, to make a, 320

Squirrel trap, 663

Stables, temporary, 294

Stages at Ichaboe, guano, 337

Stands for instruments, 738

Steaming log, 357

Steel boat, portable, 166 Making, 259 Traps, 665

Steering wheel, to make, 372

Stern-posts, temporary, 181

Sticks, forked, uses of, 388

Still, makeshift, 494

Stirrups, 34, 380

Stitching boots, 421

Stockings and socks, 5

Stock-whip handles and lead pencils, 225

Stone hut, 280 Quarry, 263 Treatment of, 264 Weapons, manufacture of, 625 Weight, the, 810

Stopping leaky boats, 91

Stores, &c. required by 21 men for an 18 months’ expedition, 46 Farriers’ and horse medicines, 84

Stoves, Norwegian, 558

Strains, remedy for, 79

Straps for sledges, attachment of, 399

Straw and hay ropes, spinning, 792

Strength of ropes, to estimate, 793 Various bodies, 812

Stretchers, palanquins, &c., 682

“Strike-a-light” or “Chuckmuck,” 537

Stripping bark for canoes, mode of, 156 From trees, 789

Sugar cane or oil mill, 546 Making, 546 Maple, 528 Palm, 525 Pots, making, 548

Summer sledges, 408 Tents, Esquimaux, 315

Supple jack, 392

Surgical bandages, 689 Splints, 691

Swamp roads, to make, 317

Swimming to a lee shore, kite as an assistance in, 183

Swing and ladder, miners’, 347

Swinging derrick, 349

Swivels, wooden and other, 361

Symptoms of fever, 77 Tsetse fly bite, 653

T.

Table necessaries, 70 Plane, and its use, 735

Tables, altitudes, 742 Heat conducting bodies, 809, 810 Mapping, 755 Quality of gold, 810 Radiating heat power of bodies, 810 Strength of various bodies, 812 Trocheameter, 729 Velocity, 808 Weight of rod iron, 809 Weight of sheet iron, 808 Weight of solids, 809

Tacking by means of kites, 184

Tackle, fishing, making, and hints on, 583

Tailor’s work, 696

Taking bees’ nests, 580

Tana trap, 664

Tanning skins, 779

Taps and dies for bolts and nuts, 198

Tartar bridges, 328 Hut, 294

Tea, uses of, 570

Teeth of draught animals and their irregularities, 805

Tempering tools, 204

Temporary repairs of vessels, 168 Rudders, 178 Stables, 294 Stern-posts, 181 Wigwam, 277

Tendons, use of, 784

Tente d’abri, 57

Tents, Australian, 59 Belt, to increase size of, 61 Blanket, 59 Cape-waggon, 59 D’abri, 57 Esquimaux, 315 Extemporary, 60 Fitting up of, 61 Gipsy, 57 Lancers’, 58 Lining to old huts, 61 Or tilt for Cape waggons, 130 Patrol, 55 Pegs, 64 Pitching, 55 Pitching, selection of ground for, 66 Ropes, modes of securing, 65 Umbrella, 67 Used in Crimea, 62

Testing firearms, 13

Tests for minerals and metals, 260 For wrought or malleable iron, 447

Thatches for houses and huts, 285, 288

Theodolite, 745

Thermometers, 26

Things to be thought of when designing a boat, 105

Thorn wreath, catching deer with, 624

Thread for boot making, 420

Throwing a horse, 800 Oil on troubled waters, 176

Tightening harness, 465 String of bow, 622

Tilt or tent for Cape waggons, 130

Timber, extraction of sap, 355 Felling, 268 Hardening, 357 Logging-up, 269 Seasoning, 355 Splitting, 271 Steaming, 357 Vice for holding, 166 When to cut, 270

Time, estimation of, 740 Guns, 238

Tin cases, utilisation of, 212

Tinder and slow match, 537

Tinning copper and iron, 210

Tip-up, 602

Tires of wheels, to repair, 195

Tobogun sledge, 403

Toddy, palm, 524

Tools, chest, portable, 44 Carpenter’s, 41 For mining, 252 Hold-all, convenient form of, 43 Smith’s, for travelling, 208 Tempering, 204 To take abroad, 44

Torches, 89 Holder, 555

Torres Straits boats, 162

Tortillas, 544

Tortoises, shooting, with arrows, 624

Tourniquets, 695

Tracking, 628

Transportation of flesh, hints on, 576

Traps, arrow, 657 Aquatic bird, 675 Baits for, 667 Bear, 663 Bird, 673 Blackcock, 672 Deer, 659 Elk, 658 Fall, 662 Figure of four, 663 Fish, basket, 595, 597 Fox, 664 Hook, 664 Iron, 665 Martin, 662 Oneida, 665 Pen, 671 Plank fall, 664 Porcupine, 657 Setting of, 665 Squirrel, 663 Tana, 664 Turkey, 671

Trapping amphibious animals, 666 Hints on, 666 Travail sledge, 404 Travel, hints on, 711 Painting and sketching during, 716 Traveller, making and working a, 594 Travellers, geology for, 250 Library for, 29, 31 Treating fat, 784 Treatment of apparently drowned persons, 188 Fly infested animals, 804 Hard rove rope, 793 Skins, 774 Stone, 264 Tree footways, 330 Trees, larch, 358 Stripping bark from, 789 Whose bases are accessible, to find the height of without instruments, 321 Yielding manna, 529 Treenails, making, 326 Trenneled rafts, 146 Trestle bridge, Chinese, 343 Trimmers and liggers, 591 Trimming and filing up after forging, 194 Tripping a grapnel or creeper, 603 Trocheameter, 727 Tables, 729 Troughs, cattle, for drinking, 493 Trousers, 4 Making, 696 Trunks, bullock, 8 Tsetse-fly, 650 Preventive of bite, 654 Region of the, 652 Symptoms of bite, 653 Tubes of inflated canvas, boat fitted with, 170 Turkeys, catching, 670 Traps, 671 Turning wheel naves, 370 Turtle spears, 617 Twisting fishing lines, 598 Ropes, 790 Two-wheeled drays, Australian, 454 U. Umbrella tent, 67 Union links, 462 Unspiking cannon, 243 Use of bladders, 783 Horns, bones, tendons, fish skins, &c., 784 Plane table, 735 Sextant and artificial horizon, 743 Waggon wheels in tents, 63 Useful roots for food, 533 Uses of bamboos, 358 Bark, 789 Bent wood, 380 Cocoa-nut palms, 360 Forked sticks, 388 Hippopotami, 616 Porpoises, 613 Scrap and hook iron, 104 Tea, 570 Utilisation of tin cases, 212 V. Vaal River hut, 281 Vane, sight, extemporised for levelling staff, 737 Variation of the compass, to ascertain, 732 Various foods, 566 Vegetables and fruit, 567 Food, 563, 567 Preserved, 582 Vehicles, wheeled, measuring distances travelled by, 726 Velocity table, 808 Vessels during calms, Admiral Belcher’s expedient for moving, 175 Rigs of, 172 Temporary repairs of, 168 Vices and anvils, extempore, 197 For holding timber, 166 Village and farm, to fortify, 298 Vinegar, Palm, 525 W. Wads and cartridges for cannon, 243 Walls, to build, 291 Waggons and other wheeled vehicles, 432 Arobas, 441 Australian two-wheeled, 454 Buik, 437 Buy, 297 Cape, 433 Cape wine, 440 Equipment, 446 Floating, 144 From quicksands, &c. to extricate, 145 Load for Cape, 453 Indian gharrie, 441 Hints on matters connected with, 446 Horse and mule, 442 Makeshift, 438 Wilson (American), 443 Waistcoats, 4 Watch, 29 Key, to make a, 204 Wattle on hurdle work, 382 Wattled boat, 125 Water and the sap of plants, 491 Bags, ships’, 498 Baskets for holding, 500 Bladders and panniers for holding, 499 Boiling without pots, 553 Calabashes, horns, and egg shells for holding, 498 Carrying, 495, 500 Casks, to embark, 379 Clock, 741 Collecting from rainfalls, 504 Dew collecting, 518, 523 Distilling, 494 Filters, 501, 503, 506 Finding, 493 Flasks, copper, 495 From damp places, procuring, 492 From wells, procuring, 492 Glass, the deep, 187 In camel’s stomach, 487 Intestines for holding, 500 Level, substitute for, 738 Locality for, 491 Pails and skins, 496 Plants holding, 504, 522 Substitute, plants and roots yielding sap as a, 516, 518, 521 Power wheels, 511 Purifying, 507 Raising from wells, 508 Removing impurities, 505 Sacks, skins, 780 Skins and bladders, repairing, 783 Skins and pails, 490 Skins, repairing leakage in, 499 Transport, canoe, 496 Waterflow of river, measurement of, 757 Watering cattle, 493 Waterproofing, 186 Waterspout baskets, 500 Wax, shoemakers’, 415 Weapons, stone, manufacture of, 625 Weather signs, 185 Weevils, preserving flour from, 556 Weight of rod iron, 809 Of rope, to estimate, 793 Of sheet iron, 808 Weirs, dams, and fish spears, 596 Welding iron, 192 Wells, making extempore, 492 Procuring water from, 492 Raising water from, 508 Sinking, 513 Whale boat, 610 Whaling, 610 Wheeled carriages, measuring distances travelled by, 726 Wheels, drags for, 443 Horizontal, application of wind power to, 512 In tents, use of, 63 Making or building, 366, 371 Over rivers, ferrying, 144 Repairing, 195 Substitute for a, 445 Tires, to repair, 195 Water power, 511 Wheeled vehicles, 432 Whip handles and lead pencils, 225 Sledge, 397 Whiskey, Potato, 534 White ants, locusts and other insects, and their larvæ as food, 562 Wicks for lamps, 85 Width of rivers or ravines, to find without instruments, 318

Wigwam, board, 274 Temporary, 277

Wild animals, observation of habits of, 773 Bees, to smoke out, 537 Fruits of America, 530

Wind power to horizontal wheel, application of, 512

Windlasses, 373

Womera, 617

Wood, bent, 380 Extraction of sap, 355 Floats, 99, 163 Hard, 358 Hardening, 357 Seasoning, 355 Steaming, 357

Wooden bowls, 393 Dingey, building a, 123 Platform boat, materials for, 111 Swivels, 361

Working a nave auger, 376 Otter, 593 Travellers, 594 Trimmers and liggers, 591

Wounds, dressing for, 73 From poisoned arrows, cure of, 620 Ointment for, 802 On camels’ backs, 800

Wrappers as blankets, 46

Wreaths, thorn, catching deer with, 624

Wrecked ships, rafts from, 92

Wrecks, Flour from, 557

Wrought or malleable iron, test for, 447

Y.

Yoke, pail, 391

Yoking and harnessing draught oxen, 452, 454, 455

Z.

Zembourcks or dromedary artillery, 245

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