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CHAPTER I.
Outfit to take abroad[3]
CHAPTER II.
Boats, Rafts, and Make-shift Floats[91]
CHAPTER III.
Working in Metals[192]
CHAPTER IV.
Huts and Houses[268]
CHAPTER V.
Extempore Bridges and Makeshifts for Crossing Rivers or Ravines[317]
CHAPTER VI.
Timber and its Utilisation[355]
CHAPTER VII.
Sledges and Sledge Travellers[394]
CHAPTER VIII.
Boots, Shoes, and Sandals[412]
CHAPTER IX.
Waggons and other Wheeled Vehicles[432]
CHAPTER X.
Harness and Pack Animals[457]
CHAPTER XI.
Cattle Marking[478]
CHAPTER XII.
Hints on Hygeens and Camels[483]
CHAPTER XIII.
Water, and the Sap of Plants[491]
CHAPTER XIV.
Camp Cookery[535]
CHAPTER XV.
Fish and Amphibious Animals[585]
CHAPTER XVI.
Poisoned Weapons, Arrows, Spears, &c.[619]
CHAPTER XVII.
Tracking, Hunting, and Trapping[628]
CHAPTER XVIII.
Palanquins, Stretchers, Ambulances, &c.[682]
CHAPTER XIX.
On Sketching and Painting under the ordinary Difficulties of Travel[716]
CHAPTER XX.
The Estimation of Distances and Hints on Field Observing[726]
CHAPTER XXI.
Hints to Explorers on Collecting and Preserving Objects of Natural History
CHAPTER XXII.
Ropes and Twine[788]
CHAPTER XXIII.
Bush Veterinary Surgery and Medicine[798]
Appendix[808]
Index[815]

DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.

Swinging the Packs of the North Australian
Expedition over a Branch of Jasper Creek,
Victoria River, 1856}		Frontispiece.
Camp Scene in AfricaTo face page[55]
Boat Building on the Logier River[125]
Sending Line from Wreck to Lee Shore by means of a Kite[185]
Lead Smelting in the Forest[228]
Searching for Gold[251]
Indian Lodges[309]
The Treatment of Timber by Steam and Saw[376]
Sledging over Rough Ice[402]
The Wilson Mule Waggon (United States of America)[443]
Group of Harness[465]
Indian Well[508]
Hippopotamus Trap[613]
Traps for Small Game[673]
Various Modes of Carrying the Sick or Wounded[688]

Shifts and Expedients
OF
CAMP LIFE, TRAVEL, AND EXPLORATION.

INTRODUCTION.