D.

D'Abri, Tente, 57

Damaras hut, 282

Damper, 549

Damp places, procuring water from, 492

Dams, weirs and spears, 596

Dead game, protecting, 660

Deep-water glass, 187

Deer catching with thorn wreaths, 624 Enticing, 660 Traps, 659

Defensible camp with ox-waggons, 297 Churches, 301 Farm-house and village, 295, 298

Deodar beam bridge, 341

Derrick, baggage, 330 Landing, 349

Deris, to make, 342

Designing boats, things to be thought of when, 105

Destroy mule leeches, to, 805

Detection of base metal, 263

Dew, collecting, 518, 523

Diarrhoea and its remedy, 79

Diary, &c. in duplicate, 21 Or journal, camel, 489

Dies and taps for bolts and nuts, 198

Dimensions of sledges, 394

Disabled artillery, management of, 448

Dishes and plates, to make, 213

Dislocated shoulder, reducing, 694

Distances, estimation of, 739 For camels, 485 Measurement, 30, 726 Travelled by wheeled carriage, measuring, 726

Distil aguardiente, to, 579 Water, to, 494

Ditty bag, 68

Dividing and packing venison, 661

Dogs, boots for, 403 Free from the attacks of the tsetse fly, 652 Packs for, 405 Securing to sledges, 400 Sledge and harness for, 396, 404 Sledge, food for, 400

Doors and gates, to make and hang, 289

Double boat of copper, 51 Block, 386 Canvas boat, inflated, 49 Metal boats, 107 Sextant, 26

Dough nuts, 550

Drags for wheels, 443

Drawing sledges, 395

Drays, Australian, 454

Dressing for wounds, 73 Skins, 779

Dried flesh, 558

Drills and saws, 376

Drinking troughs for cattle, 493

Driving a coracle, 100 And leading horses, 473

Droge, the, 167, 168

Dromedary brands, 481 Points in the, 483 (Zemboureks), artillery, 245

Drowned, treatment of the apparently, 188

Drugging fish, 606

Dubbin, to make, 429

Duck for ground sheet, &c., 6

Ducks, &c., catching, 675

Dug-out canoes, 104, 163

Duplicates of correspondence, &c., 21

E.

Economy in food, 560

Edible frog, 564

Eggs, ostrich, 565 Preserving, 583 Shells of, horns and calabashes for holding water, 498

Elephant hunting, 634

Elg-Led, 658

Elk trap, 658

Embarking camels, 487 Horses, 473 Water casks, 379

Emus, ostriches, &c., catching, 668

England, outfit to take from, 4

Enticing deer, 660

Equipment, mule, hints on, 468 North Australian expedition, 35 Sledge, 399 Waggon, 446

Erecting a perpendicular on a given point, 320

Escape, fire, 353 Pole, Indian, 347

Esquimaux boat, 103 Ice hut, 314 Lamp, 86 Sledges, 398 Snow hut, &c., 312 Summer tents, 315

Establishing communication with a lee shore by means of a kite, 185

Estimate distance, to, 739 Strength of ropes, to, 793 Time, 740 Weight of rope, to, 793

Expedients for moving vessels during calms, Admiral Belcher's, 175 For saving boats in rough water, 176 For working ships' pumps, 176

Expedition by twenty-one men for eighteen months, stores, &c., required for, 46

Extracting gun nipple, 204 Sap from timber, 355

Extricating waggons from quicksands, &c., 145

F.

Fall-traps, 662 Plank, 664

Farmer's stores and horse medicines, 84

Farmhouse, defensible, 295, 298 And village, to fortify, 298

Fastening camels on shipboard, 489 Horses, 472 Makeshift, 335

Fat, to treat, 784

Feathers, ostrich, packing, 622

Feeding of camels, 486

Feet, sore, 430

Felling timber, 268

Fences, 273, 291

Ferries and fly bridges, 331

Ferrying wheels over rivers, 144

Fever and its remedy, 77

Field artillery, 448 Sledges, 406 Guns and their charges, 241

Figure of four traps, 663

Fijee canoes, 139

Filing up and trimming iron after forging, 194

Filters, camp, 501 Extemporised, 501, 503, 506 Patent, 506

Finding height of a tree or other object, whose base is accessible, without instruments, 321 Points of the compass, 633 River pearls, 256 Water, 493 Width of rivers or ravines without instruments, 318

Firearms, hints on, 236 Makeshift, 245 Testing, 13

Fire baskets, 555 Building, a, 539, 540 Escapes, 353 Fuel for, 539, 541, 542, 543 Maintaining, 542 Places, makeshift, 553 Producing, 535 Signal, as a, 539

Fish baits, hints on, 605 Catching, 587 Drugging, 606 Haunts of, hints on, 605 Hooks, makeshift, 586, 587 Hooks, to make, 209 Roe, preserving, 583 Sea, Catching, 585 Securing from alligators, 591 Skin, use of, 784 Spearing, 607, 608 Spears, weirs, and dams, 596 Torch, 89 Traps, baskets, 595, 597

Fishing broken spars, 181 Implements, 604 Lines, to make, 597 Nets, 600, 603 Tackle making, and hints on, 588 Under ice, 602

Fitting-up of tents, 61

Flasks, water, copper, 495

Flat-bottomed steel boat, 166

Flesh, dried, 558 Preserving, 572 Transportation of, hints on, 576

Flint muskets, 10

Float for one man, skin, 154 Waggons, to, 144

Floats, calabash, 96; boxes, 96 Catamaran, 165 Bark, 99 Inflated skin, 152 Mangrove wood, 163 Milk-bush, 163 Skin, 99 Wood, 99

Flour, preserving from weevils, 556 From wrecks, 557

Fly bridge and ferries, 331 Infested animals, treatment of, 804 Tsetse, 650

Flying railway at Ichaboe, 338

Food, economy in, 560 Gathering, hints on, 577 Insects and their larvæ as, 562, 581 Reptiles as, 560, 564 Sledge dogs', 400 Various, 566 Vegetable, 563

Foot coverings, makeshift, 425

Footways, tree, 330

Fording rivers, hints on, 344

Forge and bellows, extempore, 213

Forecastle lamp, 87 Hints on the management of the, 192

Forked sticks, uses of, 388

Form of tent peg, 64

Fortifying churches, 301 Farm and village, 298

Foundations for houses, 304

Fox trap, 664

Fracturing glasses, as to obtain a sharp edge, 625

Fritters, 536

Frogs, edible, 564

Fruits, obnoxious juices, removing of, 520 Wild, 567 Wild, of America, 530

Fuel for fires, 539, 541, 542, 543, 556

Fuegean pole house, 309 Canoe, 161

Furnace, makeshift, 553

Furniture, camp, 389

G.

Gaberdine, 4

Gabion bridge, 327

Galls in horses, 799

Game, dead, protecting, 660 Pegs, &c., 392

Gates, latches for, 390 Making and hanging, 289

Gathering food, hints on, 577 Mushrooms, hints on, 582

General hints on boat building, 128

Geographical information, to obtain from natives and colonists, 758

Geological and mineralogical specimens, collecting, 771

Geology for travellers, 250

Gipsy tent, 57

Glanders, cautions regarding, 806

Glass bottles, lightning averted by, 289 Fracturing, so as to obtain a sharp edge, 625

Gloves, 5

Gold, identifying, 257 Qualities of, 810 Searchers, hints to, 251

Grapnel or creeper, to trip, 603

Grass filters, 504

Grenades and rocket arrows, 246

Grindstones, mounting, 387

Gripes or colic, remedy for, 802

Ground lines, and their management, 593 For tent pitching, 66

Guano stages at Ichaboe, 337

Gum-tree bark canoe, 162

Gun barrels, to cut, 198 Barrels, to repair when bruised, 226 Cleaning, 237 Locks, oil for, 236 Nipple, to extract a, 204 Repairing, 199 Rests, 392 Second-hand, hints on buying, 11 Sighting, 200 Sights, 201 Slings, 39 Spring, 656 Telling time by, 238

Gunner's capstan, 374

Gunpowder, to make, 247 Plan for securing, 37

Gunyah, the, 278

Gut, silkworm, 599

Guttapercha buckets, 73

Guttering in candles, to prevent, 536

H.

Habits of wild animals, observation of, 773

Halters, 37

Hames, adaptation to collars, 460 Makeshift, 458

Hammocks, 45

Handbarrow, makeshift, 389

Hand mill, 544

Hanging doors and gates, 289

Handles of stock whips and lead pencils, 225

Hardening brass, 210 Bullets, 228

Hard rove rope, treatment of, 793 Wood, 358

Harness and pack animals, 457 For dog sledge, 396 Hints on, 461 Mule, 459 Tightening, 465

Harnessing and yoking draught oxen, 452, 454, 455 Camels, 476 Hints on, 461 Reindeer, 406

Harpooning hippopotami, 613 Seals under ice, 603

Harpoons, 609 Arrow, 594

Hartebeeste hut, 282

Hats and caps, 5

Haunts of fish, hints on, 605

Hay and straw ropes, spinning, 792

Headstalls, 37

Heat-conducting bodies, 809, 810

Heavy spars, to carry, roll, or parbuckle, 352

Height of a tree, or other object whose base is accessible, to find without instruments, 321

Hemorrhage, to arrest, 695

Hide boat, quagga, 102 Ropes, 784

Hints on boat building, 128 Boots in tropical countries, 429 Buying second-hand guns, 11 Camels, 486 Camp medicine making, 802 Fire-arms, 236 Fish baits, 605 Fishing tackle, 588 Food gathering, 577 Fording rivers, 344 Gold searching, 251 Gathering mushrooms, 582 Harness and harnessing, 461 Haunts of fish, 605 Horse and mule purchase, 806 Hygeens, and camels, 483 Management of the forge, 192 Matters connected with waggons, 446 Mule equipment, 468 Mule purchasing, 466 Raft building, 147 Sentries, 301 Servants and slaves, 704 Serving rations, 559 Shoeing horses, 798 Sledges, 401 Transportation of flesh, 576 Trapping, 666 Travel, 701 Travelling in the arctic regions, 309, 316

Hippopotami, use of, 616 Harpooning, 613

Hitches and knots, 794 On measuring lines, 365

Hobbles, 38

Hobbling cattle, 469

Hogs' cravats, 391

Hold-all for tools, 43

Holder for torches, 555

Honey, finding and taking, 580

Hook trap, 664

Hooks, fish, 209, 586, 587

Hoop-iron, uses for, 194

Horizon, artificial, 29 Artificial, and sextant, use of, 743

Horizontal wheel, application of wind power to, 512

Horn lantern, 86

Horns for holding water, 498 Use of, 784

Horse and mule waggons, 442

Horses, buying, 577 Casting ropes for, 801 Collars, 457 Embarking, 473 Fastening, 472 Galls, 799 Glanders, 806 Leading and driving, 473 Medicines and farrier's stores, 84 Poultice, 799 Purchase of, hints on, 806 Securing, 800 Shoeing, hints on, 798 Sledges, 405 Sore backs, 799 Teeth, and other irregularities, 805 Throwing, 800

Hour glass, 740

Houses, African, Portuguese, 305 Board, 278 Crook and prong, 284 Corrugated iron for, 305 Defensible farm, 295, 298 Foundations for, 304 Fuegean pole, 309 Log, 275 Logier hill, 287 Reed, 293 Thatches for, 285, 288

Howitzers, and their charges, 242

Hunter's armament, 655

Hunting elephants, 634 Large carnivora, 646 Lions, 642

Hurdle or wattle work, 382

Husks of cocoa nut, use of, 526

Huts, Bechuana, 280 Beehive, 279 Bushman's, 278 Damaras, 282 Fuegean, 309 Hartbeeste, 282 Ice, 314 Namaqua Hottentot, 283 Papuan tree, 307 Peat, 309 Savages', 278 Snow, 312 Stone, 280 Rio Negro, 307 Tartar, 294 Thatches for, 285, 288 Vaal river, 281

Hutting in the arctic regions, 309, 316

Hygeens and camels, hints on, 483