Index.
361
LEAKS.
Leaks, to caulk, in boats, 105; in water vessels, 229, 232.
Leaping-ropes and poles, 46.
Leather, 141.-To dress hides, 341; to preserve them without dressing, 343 ; greasing leather, 343. Leather clothing, i11; tents, 154; lashings of rawhide, 336; leather vessels, to repair, 229 ; ropes, 46. (See "Skins.")
Leggings, 117.
Leichhardt, Dr., 196, 212.
Length, measurement of, 35.
Letters, to deposit, 303 ; carried by
animals, 282; of alphabet, to stamp
and to brand, 290.
Lever, 325.
Lice, 18.
Lime, to make, 292; to poison fish, 272 ; bird-lime, 267.
Linen clothing, 111.
Lines, for fishing, 2
Lists of stores, 9; of instruments, 24 ;
alphabetical, to make, 351. Lithographic map, to make, 353.
Litter for the wounded, 23 ; horse-litter,
81.
Livingstone, Dr., 5, 94.
Lloyd, Mr., 252, 267, 272, 350. Loading guns, 250.
Loads and distances, theory of, 54. Locusts, to cook, 201.
Log-book, 27; log for a boat's speed, 105 ; log-hut, 141.
Lopstick (to mark a road), 290.
Lost road, 295 ; articles in sand, 168;
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fishing-line, in water, 271 ; to
things lost under water, 271, 87.
Lots, how to draw, 310.
Lucan, Lord, 343. |
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Lucifer matches, 172, 175 ; for
cussion caps, 244.
Lunars, 31.
Luxuries of tent-life, 168.
Lye (for soap), 120, 121.
Lynch, Lieutenant, 102.
McClintock, Captain Sir L., 143.
Macgregor; Mr., 103. |
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Macintosh for under bedding, 125;
sleeping-bag, 173 ; inflatable boats,
94; water vessels, 233 ; gun-cover,
238 ; is spoilt by grease, 227. Maclear, Sir Thos., 31, 1.15. McWilliams, Dr., 16.
Madrina (of mules), 5~.
Magnetic bearings, 284; magnetism of rocks, 284.
Makara (gourd-raft), 91.
Malaria fever, 16.
Malay hitch, 147.
Marks for the way-side 289.Marks in the forest, 289; for canoe
MURRAY,
routes, 290; marks with stones, 290; gipsy and other marks, 291 ; paint, 292. To mark cattle, 64 (see also " Caches," 300).
Mask for snow mountains, 53.
Mast, substitute for, 104.
Match, lucifer, 175 ; sulphur, 187.
Mats, 147 ; for tents, 154 (see "Reed huts," 143).
Mattresses, 125 ; feathers for, 128.
Meaden, Captain J., 259.
Measurements, 32.-Distance travelled, 32; of rate of movement, 32; tables for ditto, 34; natural units, 35 ; measurement of angles, 36; chords and table of, 37 ; triangulation, 38 ; table for, on principle of chords, 39; time, measurement of, 42.
Meat biscuit, 195.
Mechanical appliances, 322.-On land, 322 ; by wetted seeds, 323 ; accumulation of efforts, 324; to raise weights out of water, 325.
Medicine, 14.-General remarks, 14;
drugs and instruments, 14; bush remedies, 15; illnesses and accidents, i5; litter for the wounded, 23 (see also "Palanquin," 81).
Membrane, Sinew, Horn, 346
Parchment, 346; cat-gut, 346;; membrane thread, 347 ; sinews for thread, 347 ; glue, 347 ; isinglass, 347 ; horn, tortoise-shell and whalebone, 347.
Memoranda and Log-books, 26.General remarks, 26; pocket MS.book, 27 ; log-book, 27 ; calculation books, 3o; number of observations requiring record, 30. Memoranda, to arrange, 351.
Metals, 338.-Fuel for forge, 338; bellows, 338; iron and steel, 339; case-hardening, 339; lead, to cast, 340; tin-plates, 341;: copper, 341.
Mercury, to harden lead with, 248.
Metallic (prepared) paper, 329.
Miller, Professor W. H., 281.
Milk, to preserve, 198 ; sizing paper with, 328; used as sympathetic ink, 331 ; to milk wild cows, 13.
Milton, Lord, 293.
Mirage, 295.
Mirror, signalling with the sun, 277.
Mitchell, Sir Thomas, 284.
Moltke, 184.
Mosquito curtains, 169 ; tent of, 163.
Moss on trees, a sign of direction, 287.
Mould, for candles, 348.
Mountain 43 (see CLlalsiNG AND Mot-ttTAISEERIaG).
Muddy water, to filter, 224. Muff, 116.
Mule, 56.
Murray, Admiral Hon. C., 186.
