THE ART OF TRAVEL
or
Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries
by
Francis Galton
First published in Great Britain by John Murray, London in 1872.
CONTENTS
Preface
Preparatory Enquiries
Organising an Expedition
Outfit
Medicine
Surveying Instruments
Memoranda and Log-Books
Measurements
Climbing and Mountaineering
Cattle
Harness
Carriages
Swimming
Rafts and Boats
Fords and Bridges
Clothing
Bedding
Bivouac
Huts
Sleeping-Bags
Tents
Furniture
Fire
Food
Water for Drinking
Guns and Rifles
Gun-fittings and Ammunition
Shooting, hints on
Game, other means of capturing
Fishing
Signals
Bearings by Compass, Sun, etc.
Marks by the wayside
Way, to find
Caches and Depôts
Savages, Management of
Hostilities
Mechanical Appliances
Knots
Writing Materials
Timber
Metals
Leather
Cords, String, and Thread
Membrane, Sinew, and Horn
Pottery
Candles and Lamps
Conclusion of the Journey
Index
PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION.
This Edition does not differ materially from the fourth. I haveincorporated some new material, including Colomb and Bolton's flashingsignals, but in other respects the Work is little altered. I thereforereprint the
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
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