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Cable and twig bridge, 335

Cakes, baking, 549 Meat, 566 Sago, 556

Calabashes, float, 96 For holding water, 498

Calls, bird and animal, 679

Calming troubled water by means of oil, 176

Camels, 475 Brands, 481 Embarking, 487 Feeding, 486 Harnessing, 476 Hints on, 483, 486 Journal or diary, 489 Loads and distances, for, 485 On shipboard, fastening, 489 Water in stomach, 487 Wounds on backs of, 800

Camp beds, 44 Filters, 501 Furniture, 389 Medicine-making, hints on, 802 Of ox waggons, to defend, 297

Canadian bark canoe, 157

Candles, 86 Guttering, to prevent, 556 Making, 87 Malay, 89 Packing, 88 Screens for, 88

Cannon, cartridges for, 243 Charges, &c. 241 Mounting, 237, 240 Repairing, 243 Shot for, 220, 246 Unspiking, 243 Wads, 243 (See also Artillery.)

Canoes, Australian bark, 162 Balsas, 140 Bark, 105, 157, 160, 162 Birch for, 156 Canadian bark, 157 Carriage for, 159 Cedar bark, 160 Dug-out, 104, 163 Fejee, 139 Fuegian, 161 Inflated canvas for one man, 50 Long, 163 Mode of stripping bark for, 156 Outriggers for, 99 Queen Charlotte's Island, 158 Shoe, 161 Water transport, 496

Canteens, 70

Canvas boat, inflated, 49 Boat, portable inflated, 48, 100 Buckets, 67 Canoe for one man, inflated, 50 Or skin boat, 100

Cape waggon, 433 Boats, 129, 131 Chests as rafts, 140 Load for, 453 Tent, 59 Tent or tilt, 130 Wine, 440

Cap squares of a gun, makeshift for, 239

Caps for the head, 5 Percussion, and their substitutes, 240 Priming, to make, 244

Capstan, gunner's, 374

Cargo boat, Russian, 102

Carnivora, hunting of, 646

Carpenter's tools, 41

Carriages, canoe, 159 Wheeled measuring distances travelled by, 726

Carrying, rolling, and parbuckling heavy spars, 352

Carrying water, 495

Cartridges and wads for cannon, 243 Making, 232, 235

Case hardening, 205

Cases for saddles, 34 Tin, utilisation of, 212

Casting horses, 800 Oxen, 801 Ropes for horses, 801

Casks, water, to embark, 379

Catamaran float, 165

Catching albatrosses, 587 Alligators, 590 Cattle, 654 Crayfish, lobsters, &c., 604 Crows, 680 Deer with thorn wreaths, 624 Ducks, &c. 675 Fish, 585, 587 Musk rats, 667 Ostriches, emus, &c., 668 Porpoises, 612 Sea fish, 585 Turkeys, 670

Catgut and parchment, 782

Cattle boat, 99 Brands, making, 480 Catching, 654 Drinking troughs for, 493 Hobbling, 469 Marking, 478 Watering, 493

Cautions regarding glanders, 806

Cedar bark canoe, 160

Cereals as food, 569

Chain and rope ladders, 348 And links, 462 Bridges, 331 Pole, 335

Chalk lines, 292

Charcoal burning, 266

Charges, &c. for brass guns, 241

Chemical tests, for minerals and metals, 260

Chests as rafts, Cape waggon, 140

Chinese cross-bow, 623 Slab and trestle bridge, 343

Chisels, cold, 204 Making incisions in iron with, 194

"Chucknuck," or "strike-a-light," 537

Chupatee or aps, 544

Chupper screens, 294

Churches, fortifying, 301 Mission, plans for building, 301

Cider, plantain, 533

Clamps for boot making, 420

Cleaning guns, 237

Clearing fine sand from gun-locks, 69 Nut, 505

Cleft bullets, 229

Climb palms, to, 523

Clinker boat, 125, 128

Clinometer, makeshift, 738

Clip for holding posts, &c., 273

Clock, water, 741

Cloths, saddle, 33

Coats, 5, 6

Cocoa nut palm, uses for, 360 Shells, use of, 526 Use of, 524

Cold chisel, making, 204 Making incisions in iron with, 194

Colic or gripes, remedy for, 802

Collapsible boat, 155

Collars, horse, 457

Collecting botanical specimens, 764 Dew, 518, 523 Mineralogical and geological specimens, 771 Natural history specimens, 763 Water from rain-falls, 504

Colonists and natives, to obtain information from, 758

Common dog sledge, 404

Companions and servants, conduct to, 702

Compass, pocket, 28 Points of, 633 Variation of, to ascertain, 732 Marking distances with, 30

Conduct to companions and servants, 702

Connecting beams, masts, &c. for platform boats, 114

Contusions, remedy for, 79

Convenient tool hold-all, 43

Cooking pots, 71 Sea birds, 584 Stove, Norwegian, 558

Copper and iron, to tin, 210 Boats, 50, 51 Boats, materials used in, 54 Boxes, 8 Or iron skiff, 118 Skiff, 118 Tinning, 210 Water flasks, 495

Cooper's work, 377

Coracle, 100

Cordway, American, 324

Corrugated iron boat, 51 Houses, 305

Cost and materials of metal platform boat, 110

Cotton torch, 89

Covers for lamps, 87

Cravats, hog's, 391

Crayfish, lobsters, &c. to catch, 604

Creeper or grapnel, to trip, 603

Crimea, tent used in, 62

Crook and prong house, to build, 284

Cross-bow, Chinese, 623

Cross-tree saddles, 465

Crows, catching, 680

Cup lamp, 85

Cupping, 695

Cutting gun barrels, 198 Sheet metal, snips for, 213 Timber, season for, 270 Up large game, 575