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INDEX.

ACCUMULATORS.


Accumulators, 324.

Advantages of Travel, 2. Agates for striking sparks, I74. Agreement with Servants, 6. Alarm gun, 314 257.

Alloy for bullets, 248.

Alkali, 121.

Almanack, (see " Diagram," 286). Alpenstock, 52.

Alphabet, signal, 275.

Alpine tent, 16o.

Amadou, i8o.

Ammunition, 244 (see GUN FrrTINGS and AMMUNITION).

Anastatic process, 353.

Anchors, 103.

Andersson, Mr., 12, 90, 224, 251. Angareb (bedstead), 16q.

Angles, to measure, 36; by means of

chords, 37.

Animal heat, 125, 128.

Anthills of white ants, as ovens, 207; yellow ants, as signs of direction, 288.

Arctic, see "Snow,' 1,Esquimaux," and "Climbing and Mountaineering." Arms, weapons, 312.

Arrows, 312 ; set by a springe, 260; to poison, 267; to shoot fish, 272. Artificial horizon, 25.

Ashes, for s ap, 120, 121 ; for salt, 197 ; for saltpetre and touchpaper, 181; bivouac in, 138 ; in flooring, 149; dressing skins, 341.

Ass, 58; kicking, to check, 58; bray

ing, 58.

Atkinson, Mr., 159, 302. Austin, Mr., 6, 193.

Autographic ink, 353.

Awnings, to boat, 107 ; to litter, 23 ; to tents, 163.

Axe, for marking trees, 289; for ice, 49; to re-temper, 335.

Axietree, to mend, 336; to prepare wood for, 335.


Backs, sore, 67.

Bags for sleeping in, 150, 128, 140, 144; saddlebags, 66; bags carried over saddle, 67 ; on packsaddle, 71.; to tie

the mouth of, 73.

BIRDS.


Baines, Mr., 68.

Baker, Sir S., 7o, 112, 238, 248, 257, 346. Baking, 207.

Ball (bulht), 248; poison,:d, 266 (see

" Lead ").

Ballantyne, Mr, 195.

Bamboo rafts, 89; to dig with, 218 ; to

cut meat, z62 ; to st ike sparks, 114;

to boil water in, 204; to hitch to

gether, 147.

Barclay, Captain, of Ury, Iq.

Bark, to strip, 146; for boats, 97, 95 ;

for water vessels, 229; for string and

cord, 344; for cloth, 112.

Barrels, as water vessels, 231 ; in dig

ging wells, 219; to make filters, 224;

as floats, 87 (see also "Gourd-floats,"

84, 91).

Barth, Dr., q1, 164.

Basket-work boats, 94, 95 ; bucket, 229,

236; to protect water-bags, 232. Bath, vapour, 15; bath-glove, 123. Battues, marking beaters at, 252.

Beach, bivouac on, 138,310 (see " Da

teram," 164)

Beacons, fire and smoke, 281.

Beads, for pesents and payments, 12;

as means of counting, 310.

Beale, Lieutenant, 57.

Bearings by Compass, Sun, &c.,

283.-Pocket compass, 283 ; bearings

by sun and stars, 285; other signs of

direction, z87 ; to follow a track at

night, 289.

Bedding, 123.-General remarks, 123:,

vital heat, 124; mattresses and their

substitutes,125; preparing the ground

for bed, 126; coverlets, 127 ; pillows,

129.

Bedstead, 16q.

Bees, to find hive, Iqq. Beke, Dr., 201.

Beleber, Admiral Sir E., 25, 323. Bellows, 338.

Bells for cattle, 64; to strings (thieves),

168.

Belt, life, 84; for trousers, 116; bundle

tied to, 115.

Bengal fire, 248.

Birds, flight of, shows water, 212 ; dead

game, 2oo; direction of unseen coast,