The Art of Travel: Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Art of Travel, by Francis GaltonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild CountriesAuthor: Francis GaltonRelease Date: January 13, 2005 [EBook #14681]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ART OF TRAVEL ***Produced by Amy ZelmerFrancis GaltonThe Art of Travel (1872)first published in Great Britain by John Murray, London in 1872.THE ART OF TRAVEL or Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild CountriesFrancis GaltonCONTENTSTHE ART OF TRAVELPreparatory EnquiriesOrganising an ExpeditionOutfitMedicineSurveying InstrumentsMemoranda and Log-BooksMeasurementsClimbing and MountaineeringCattleHarnessCarriagesSwimmingRafts and BoatsFords and BridgesClothingBeddingBivouacHutsSleeping-BagsTentsFurnitureFireFoodWater for DrinkingGuns and RiflesGun-fittings and AmmunitionShooting, hints onGame, other means of capturingFishingSignalsBearings by Compass, Sun, etc.Marks by the waysideWay, to findCaches and Dep ts �Savages, Management ofHostilitiesMechanical AppliancesKnotsWriting MaterialsTimberMetalsLeatherCords, String, and ThreadMembrane, Sinew, and ...