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,