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  [Illustration: SWINGING THE PACKS OF THE NORTH AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITION
                 OVER A BRANCH OF JASPER CREEK VICTORIA RIVER 1856.]


  [Illustration:
                         SHIFTS AND EXPEDIENTS

                              OF CAMP LIFE

                          TRAVEL & EXPLORATION


                              BY W.B. LORD

                            ROYAL ARTILLERY

                                   &

                           T. BAINES F.R.G.S.


                                 LONDON
                               HORACE COX
                              39 STRAND WC

                                  1871
]




                               CONTENTS.


                                                                   PAGE.

                                 CHAPTER I.

  OUTFIT TO TAKE ABROAD                                                3


                                CHAPTER II.

  BOATS, RAFTS, AND MAKE-SHIFT FLOATS                                 91


                                CHAPTER III.

  WORKING IN METALS                                                  192


                                CHAPTER IV.

  HUTS AND HOUSES                                                    268


                                 CHAPTER V.

  EXTEMPORE BRIDGES AND MAKESHIFTS FOR CROSSING RIVERS OR RAVINES    317


                                CHAPTER VI.

  TIMBER AND ITS UTILISATION                                         355


                                CHAPTER VII.

  SLEDGES AND SLEDGE TRAVELLERS                                      394


                               CHAPTER VIII.

  BOOTS, SHOES, AND SANDALS                                          412


                                CHAPTER IX.

  WAGGONS AND OTHER WHEELED VEHICLES                                 432


                                CHAPTER X.

  HARNESS AND PACK ANIMALS                                           457


                                CHAPTER XI.

  CATTLE MARKING                                                     478


                                CHAPTER XII.

  HINTS ON HYGEENS AND CAMELS                                        483


                                CHAPTER XIII.

  WATER, AND THE SAP OF PLANTS                                       491


                                CHAPTER XIV.

  CAMP COOKERY                                                       535


                                CHAPTER XV.

  FISH AND AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS                                        585


                                CHAPTER XVI.

  POISONED WEAPONS, ARROWS, SPEARS, &C.                              619


                                CHAPTER XVII.

  TRACKING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING                                    628


                                CHAPTER XVIII.

  PALANQUINS, STRETCHERS, AMBULANCES, &C.                            682


                                CHAPTER XIX.

  ON SKETCHING AND PAINTING UNDER THE ORDINARY DIFFICULTIES
      OF TRAVEL                                                      716


                                CHAPTER XX.

  THE ESTIMATION OF DISTANCES AND HINTS ON FIELD OBSERVING           726


                                CHAPTER XXI.

  HINTS TO EXPLORERS ON COLLECTING AND PRESERVING OBJECTS
      OF NATURAL HISTORY                                             761


                                CHAPTER XXII.

  ROPES AND TWINE                                                    788


                                CHAPTER XXIII.

  BUSH VETERINARY SURGERY AND MEDICINE                               798


  APPENDIX                                                           808

  INDEX                                                              815




                       DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.


SWINGING THE PACKS OF THE NORTH AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITION }
OVER A BRANCH OF JASPER CREEK, VICTORIA RIVER, 1856   }  _Frontispiece._

CAMP SCENE IN AFRICA                                  _To face page_  55

BOAT BUILDING ON THE LOGIER RIVER                                    125

SENDING LINE FROM WRECK TO LEE SHORE BY MEANS OF A KITE              185

LEAD SMELTING IN THE FOREST                                          228

SEARCHING FOR GOLD                                                   251

INDIAN