About this book
The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from the very beginnings (qualifications of a traveller, how to organize an expedition, the perfect outfit), to the actual trip (how to choose a bivouac, huts and tents, what game to shoot - and how, as well as dealing with (hostile) savages), until the final, hopefully successful, return of the traveller (arranging memoranda). (Summary by Availle)
Chapters (47)
1Preparatory Enquiries
2Organising an Expedition
3Outfit
4Medicine
5Surveying Instruments
6Memoranda and Log-Books
7Measurements
8Climbing and Mountaineering
9Cattle
10Harness
11Carriages
12Swimming
13Rafts and Boats
14Fords and Bridges
15Clothing
16Bedding
17Bivouac
18Huts
19Sleeping-Bags
20Tents
21Furniture
22Fire
23Food
24Water for Drinking
25Guns and Rifles
26Gun-fittings and Ammunition
27Hints on Shooting
28Other Means of Capturing Game
29Fishing
30Signals
31Bearings by Compass, Sun, etc.
32Marks by the Wayside
33On Finding the Way
34Caches and Depots
35Management of Savages
36Hostilities
37Mechanical Appliances
38Knots
39Writing Materials
40Timber
41Metals
42Leather
43Cords, String, and Thread
44Membrane, Sinew, and Horn
45Pottery
46Candles and Lamps
47Conclusion of the Journey

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