A.Abyssinian mule platforms,345Accommodation of tents, to increase,61Adaptation of hames to collars,460Admiral Belcher’s expedient for moving vessels during calms,175Adzes or axes, makeshift,381African boots,412Aguardiente, to make,579Albatross, catching,587Alligators, catching,590Securing snared fish from,591Aloe juice, extracting,802Altitudes, ascertaining,741Low, or levels, to obtain,734Table of,742American cordway,324Indian lodges,308Life raft,167Portable boat,154Wild fruits,530Ammunition, packing,17Taking abroad,17,19Amphibious animals, trapping,666Anchors,375Angle at which to pitch a tent,56Animals, calls of,679Infested with fly, treatment of,804Purgative for,802Skin of, as food,557Wild, observation of the habits of,773Antidotes for poison,80From arrows,620Ants, locusts, and other insects and their larvæ as food,562Anvils,193,197Aparejo,463Application of wind power to horizontal wheel,512Aps or chupatee,544Aquatic birds, traps for,675Arctic regions, hints for the,309,316Hutting in the,309Armament, hunter’s,655Arobas waggon,441Arrest hemorrhage,695Arrow-fishing,594Trap,657Arrows, harpoon,594Poisoned,619,622Rifling,624Artificial horizon,29And sextant, use of,743Artillery, charges for,241Cartridges and wads for,243Dromedary or Zembourcks,245Field,448Repairing,243Shot for,246Sledges,406Unspiking,243Zembourcks,245Artist’s materials,22Ascertaining altitudes,741Variations of the compass,732Ash cake,549Assegais, to render useless,203Attachment of straps, for sledges,399Australian bark canoe,162Spears and spear throwing,616Tent,59Two-wheel drays,454Axes or adzes, makeshift,381Axles, to make and repair,215B.Baggage derrick, extempore,330Bags, pack-saddle,36Sleeping,786Baits, fish, hints on,605For traps,667Baking bread,550Cakes,549Ballast for boats,177Balsas canoe,140Bamboos, building with,289Various uses for,358Bananas and plantains for food,533Bandages, surgical,689Bark canoes,105Australian,162Canadian,157For canoes, mode of stripping,156Stripping from trees,789Uses of,789Base metals, to detect,263Baskets, fish traps,595,597Waterproof,500Bayonets,11Sheath knives as,202Beams, masts, &c. for platform boats,114Bear trap,663Bechuana hut,280Beds, camp,44Beehive hut, Kafir,279Bees’ Nests, taking,580Wild, to smoke out,537Bell mules,466Bellows,69And forge, extempore,213Bell-tent made to hold many people,61Bent wood,380Biltong,575Birch bark canoes,157For canoes,156Birdlime,679Birds, aquatic, traps for,675Calls for,679Traps for,673Preserving,574Sea, cooking,584Snaring,673Bite of tsetse fly,653Bits,34Blackcock trap,672Bladders and paunches for holding water,499And water-skins, repairing of,783Use of,783Blanket used for extemporising a tent,59Blindfolding pack animals,465Blockhouse,296Blocks and pulleys,383Double,386Signal,385Snatch,385Board house,278Wigwam,274Boards, ice,403Boats, American portable,154Ballast for,177Bridges of,350Building,121,125,128Canvas or skin,48,100Cape waggon,129,131Catamaran,165Clinker,125,128Collapsible,155Connecting beams, masts, &c. for platform,114Copper,50,118Copper, materials used in,54Copper platform,110Corrugated iron,51Esquimaux,103Fitted with inflated tubes,170Indian cattle,99Inflated canvas,48Inflated, to make safe,117Iron,51,118,123Leaky,91Massoolah,164Metal life,124Metal platform,107,110Metal, to connect odd sections of,125Mixture for painting metal,113Models of,105,119Norwegian,165Paddling,134Portable canvas,49Portable steel,166Proas,135Quagga hide,102Reed,97Rules for sailing,177Russian cargo,102Sculling,132Skin,100Things to be thought of when designing,105Torres Straits,162Wattled,125Whale,610Without nails,165Wooden platform, materials for,114Boers’ method of loading guns quickly,228Boiling meat,553Rice,565Water without pots,553Bolts and nuts, dies and taps for,198Bones, horns, tendons, fish skin, &c. use of,784Books for travellers,29,31Boomerang,617Boots, African,412And shoes,6,412Clamps for,420India rubber, to mend,429In tropical countries, hints on,429Laces,7Lasts for,416Making,417Sledge dogs’,403Snow shoe,410Stitching,421Thread for,420Wading among rocks,429Boring heavy logs,376Botanical specimens, collecting,764Packing and preserving,771Boulders, to remove,265Buoys, life,95Bowls, wooden,393Bows, cross, Chinese,623Pellet, Indian,624Strings, tightening,622Box markings,700Boxes as floats,97Copper,8For Cape waggon travelling,9For rafts,144Braces,5Brands of camels,481Cattle, making,480Branding cattle,478Branch, peg, and log ladders,349Brass guns and their charges,241For barter with natives,210Softening and hardening,210Bread baking,550Breakers, rules for passing through,176Break for wheels,443Brick tea,571Bridge shears, to construct,336Bridges, boat,350Cable and twig,335Chain,331Deodar beam,341Fly,331Gabion,327Ice,343Indian rope,341Natural,346One tree,325Rafter, plank, and slab,342Swamp,326Tartar,328Bridles,34Broken masts,182Spars, scarfing, or fishing of,181Bruised gun barrels, to repair,226Buckets, bamboo,358Canvas,67Gutta percha,73Leather,72Palm,523Buck-shot moulds,19,222Buik-waggon,437Building, bamboo for,289Boats, clinker,128Boats, hints on,128Boats of metal,121Boats of wood,123Boats, things to be thought of when,105Fires,539,540Jetty,329Mission Churches, plans for,301Of the Portuguese in Africa,305Rafts, principles of,147Walls,291Wheels,366,371Bullet moulds,9,220,230Bullets, cleft,229Hardening,228Bullock trunks,8Bull’s-eye lantern,86Burning charcoal,266Bush knife,11Bushman’s hut,278Bustard shooting,670Butter, preserving,583Buying horses,577Second-hand guns, hints on,11C.Cable and twig bridge,335Cakes, baking,549Meat,566Sago,556Calabashes, float,96For holding water,498Calls, bird and animal,679Calming troubled water by means of oil,176Camels,475Brands,481Embarking,487Feeding,486Harnessing,476Hints on,483,486Journal or diary,489Loads and distances, for,485On shipboard, fastening,489Water in stomach,487Wounds on backs of,800Camp beds,44Filters,501Furniture,389Medicine-making, hints on,802Of ox waggons, to defend,297Canadian bark canoe,157Candles,86Guttering, to prevent,556Making,87Malay,89Packing,88Screens for,88Cannon, cartridges for,243Charges, &c. 241Mounting,237,240Repairing,243Shot for,220,246Unspiking,243Wads,243(See also Artillery.)Canoes, Australian bark,162Balsas,140Bark,105,157,160,162Birch for,156Canadian bark,157Carriage for,159Cedar bark,160Dug-out,104,163Fejee,139Fuegian,161Inflated canvas for one man,50Long,163Mode of stripping bark for,156Outriggers for,99Queen Charlotte’s Island,158Shoe,161Water transport,496Canteens,70Canvas boat, inflated,49Boat, portable inflated,48,100Buckets,67Canoe for one man, inflated,50Or skin boat,100Cape waggon,433Boats,129,131Chests as rafts,140Load for,453Tent,59Tent or tilt,130Wine,440Cap squares of a gun, makeshift for,239Caps for the head,5Percussion, and their substitutes,240Priming, to make,244Capstan, gunner’s,374Cargo boat, Russian,102Carnivora, hunting of,646Carpenter’s tools,41Carriages, canoe,159Wheeled measuring distances travelled by,726Carrying, rolling, and parbuckling heavy spars,352Carrying water,495Cartridges and wads for cannon,243Making,232,235Case hardening,205Cases for saddles,34Tin, utilisation of,212Casting horses,800Oxen,801Ropes for horses,801Casks, water, to embark,379Catamaran float,165Catching albatrosses,587Alligators,590Cattle,654Crayfish, lobsters, &c.,604Crows,680Deer with thorn wreaths,624Ducks, &c. 675Fish,585,587Musk rats,667Ostriches, emus, &c.,668Porpoises,612Sea fish,585Turkeys,670Catgut and parchment,782Cattle boat,99Brands, making,480Catching,654Drinking troughs for,493Hobbling,469Marking,478Watering,493Cautions regarding glanders,806Cedar bark canoe,160Cereals as food,569Chain and rope ladders,348And links,462Bridges,331Pole,335Chalk lines,292Charcoal burning,266Charges, &c. for brass guns,241Chemical tests, for minerals and metals,260Chests as rafts, Cape waggon,140Chinese cross-bow,623Slab and trestle bridge,343Chisels, cold,204Making incisions in iron with,194“Chucknuck,” or “strike-a-light,” 537Chupatee or aps,544Chupper screens,294Churches, fortifying,301Mission, plans for building,301Cider, plantain,533Clamps for boot making,420Cleaning guns,237Clearing fine sand from gun-locks,69Nut,505Cleft bullets,229Climb palms, to,523Clinker boat,125,128Clinometer, makeshift,738Clip for holding posts, &c.,273Clock, water,741Cloths, saddle,33Coats,5,6Cocoa nut palm, uses for,360Shells, use of,526Use of,524Cold chisel, making,204Making incisions in iron with,194Colic or gripes, remedy for,802Collapsible boat,155Collars, horse,457Collecting botanical specimens,764Dew,518,523Mineralogical and geological specimens,771Natural history specimens,763Water from rain-falls,504Colonists and natives, to obtain information from,758Common dog sledge,404Companions and servants, conduct to,702Compass, pocket,28Points of,633Variation of, to ascertain,732Marking distances with,30Conduct to companions and servants,702Connecting beams, masts, &c. for platform boats,114Contusions, remedy for,79Convenient tool hold-all,43Cooking pots,71Sea birds,584Stove, Norwegian,558Copper and iron, to tin,210Boats,50,51Boats, materials used in,54Boxes,8Or iron skiff,118Skiff,118Tinning,210Water flasks,495Cooper’s work,377Coracle,100Cordway, American,324Corrugated iron boat,51Houses,305Cost and materials of metal platform boat,110Cotton torch,89Covers for lamps,87Cravats, hog’s,391Crayfish, lobsters, &c. to catch,604Creeper or grapnel, to trip,603Crimea, tent used in,62Crook and prong house, to build,284Cross-bow, Chinese,623Cross-tree saddles,465Crows, catching,680Cup lamp,85Cupping,695Cutting gun barrels,198Sheet metal, snips for,213Timber, season for,270Up large game,575D.D’Abri, Tente,57Damaras hut,282Damper,549Damp places, procuring water from,492Dams, weirs and spears,596Dead game, protecting,660Deep-water glass,187Deer catching with thorn wreaths,624Enticing,660Traps,659Defensible camp with ox-waggons,297Churches,301Farm-house and village,295,298Deodar beam bridge,341Derrick, baggage,330Landing,349Deris, to make,342Designing boats, things to be thought of when,105Destroy mule leeches, to,805Detection of base metal,263Dew, collecting,518,523Diarrhœa and its remedy,79Diary, &c. in duplicate,21Or journal, camel,489Dies and taps for bolts and nuts,198Dimensions of sledges,394Disabled artillery, management of,448Dishes and plates, to make,213Dislocated shoulder, reducing,694Distances, estimation of,739For camels,485Measurement,30,726Travelled by wheeled carriage, measuring,726Distil aguardiente, to,579Water, to,494Ditty bag,68Dividing and packing venison,661Dogs, boots for,403Free from the attacks of the tsetse fly,652Packs for,405Securing to sledges,400Sledge and harness for,396,404Sledge, food for,400Doors and gates, to make and hang,289Double boat of copper,51Block,386Canvas boat, inflated,49Metal boats,107Sextant,26Dough nuts,550Drags for wheels,443Drawing sledges,395Drays, Australian,454Dressing for wounds,73Skins,779Dried flesh,558Drills and saws,376Drinking troughs for cattle,493Driving a coracle,100And leading horses,473Droge, the,167,168Dromedary brands,481Points in the,483(Zemboureks), artillery,245Drowned, treatment of the apparently,188Drugging fish,606Dubbin, to make,429Duck for ground sheet, &c.,6Ducks, &c., catching,675Dug-out canoes,104,163Duplicates of correspondence, &c.,21
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