The Art of Travel eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 457 pages of information about The Art of Travel.

The Art of Travel eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 457 pages of information about The Art of Travel.

Caulking boats; leaky water vessels.

Caviare.

Cerate ointment.

Chaff, to cut, with a sickle.

Chairs.

Chalk to mark hats of beaters; whitwash.

Charcoal, to make; for gun-powder; in balls (gulo); fire-place for; used in filters; pencils made of; powdered and buried as a mark Animal charcoal.

Cheese, to make.

Chill, radiation (see “Vital Heat,”; “Wet Clothes,"’ and “Comfort in Travel").

Chisel, cold for metals or stone.

Chollet’s dried vegetables.

Chords, table of; table for triangulation by.

Christison, Dr., tables on diet.

Chronometer (see “Watch-pocket,").

Clay for pottery.

Cleanliness (see “Washing Clothes,”; “Washing Oneself,”; “Warmth of Dirt,").

Cliffs, to descend with ropes.

Climbing and Mountaineering—­Climbing; descending cliffs with ropes; leaping poles and ropes; the art of climbing difficult places; snow mountains; ropes; ice-axe; alpenstock; boots, spectacles, and masks,—­Climbing with a horse; descending with wagons; rarefied air, effect of; mountains, coup e’air on; magnetism of.

Clothing—­Materials; warmth of different kinds; waterproofing and making incombustible, sewing materials; articles of dress (caps, coats, socks, etc.); wet clothes, to dry; to keep dry; washing clothes; soap; washing flannels; washing oneself; warmth of dirt; bath glove and brush; Double clothing for sleeping in.

Clove-hitch.

Coat; to carry.

Cold (see “Chill").

Collar, horse; swimming-collar.

Colomb and Bolton’s signals.

Comfort in travel; dry clothes.

Compass.

Conclusion of the Journey—­Completing collections; alphabetical lists; observations re-calculated; lithographical map.

Concrete for floors.

Condiments.

Condors, to trap.

Convergence of tracks aflight, to water; to dead game; of bees to hive.

Cooking; utensils; fire-places; ovens; cook to be quick in making the fire.

Cooper, Mr. W. M.

Copper, to cover with tin; copper boats.

Cormorants.

Corracles.

Cord, String, Thread—­Suibstitutes; sewing; needles, to make (see “Ropes").

Corks and stoppers.

Cot.

Cotton, for clothing; for tinder.

Counting, as done by savages.

Coverlets.

Cows.

Crawfurd, Mr. J.

Cresswell, Lieut., R.N.

Crocodiles, to shoot.

Cross, as a mark for roads.

Crowbar.

Crows, to destroy.

Crupper.

Culprits, to secure; punishment.

Cumming, Mr. Gordon.

Cups; to make tea in.

Curing meat; hides.

D’s for saddle.

Dahoman night-watch.

Dalyell, Sir R.

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