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Shifts and expedients of camp life, travel & exploration

William Barry Lord

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 819 pages

A practical Victorian collection of essays on camp life, travel and exploration, compiled by W. B. Lord and T. Baines. It shares period advice on camping, equipment, travel and daily needs in wild country. Listen for a hands-on picture of nineteenth-century expedition craft and camp routine.

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Contents

  1. Transcriber’s Note
  2. SHIFTS AND EXPEDIENTS OF CAMP LIFE TRAVEL & EXPLORATION
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.
  5. INTRODUCTION.
  6. CHAPTER I. OUTFIT TO TAKE ABROAD.
  7. CHAPTER II. BOATS, RAFTS, AND MAKE-SHIFT FLOATS.
  8. CHAPTER III. WORKING IN METALS.
  9. CHAPTER IV. HUTS AND HOUSES.
  10. CHAPTER V. EXTEMPORE BRIDGES AND MAKESHIFTS FOR CROSSING RIVERS OR RAVINES.
  11. CHAPTER VI. TIMBER AND ITS UTILISATION.
  12. CHAPTER VII. SLEDGES AND SLEDGE TRAVELLING.
  13. CHAPTER VIII. BOOTS, SHOES, AND SANDALS.
  14. CHAPTER IX. WAGGONS AND OTHER WHEELED VEHICLES.
  15. CHAPTER X. HARNESS AND PACK ANIMALS.
  16. CHAPTER XI. CATTLE MARKING.
  17. CHAPTER XII. HINTS ON HYGEENS AND CAMELS.
  18. CHAPTER XIII. WATER, AND THE SAP OF PLANTS.
  19. CHAPTER XIV. CAMP COOKERY.
  20. CHAPTER XV. FISH AND AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS.
  21. CHAPTER XVI. POISONED WEAPONS, ARROWS, SPEARS, &c.
  22. CHAPTER XVII. TRACKING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING.
  23. CHAPTER XVIII. PALANQUINS, STRETCHERS, AMBULANCES, ETC.
  24. CHAPTER XIX. ON SKETCHING AND PAINTING UNDER THE ORDINARY DIFFICULTIES OF TRAVEL.
  25. CHAPTER XX. THE ESTIMATION OF DISTANCES AND HINTS ON FIELD OBSERVING.
  26. CHAPTER XXI. HINTS TO EXPLORERS ON COLLECTING AND PRESERVING OBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY.
  27. CHAPTER XXII. ROPES AND TWINE.
  28. CHAPTER XXIII. BUSH VETERINARY SURGERY AND MEDICINE.
  29. APPENDIX.
  30. INDEX.

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