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172 CAMPING AND WOODCRAFTI -inch squares, pockets for stationery, pencils, dividers,etc., and fitted with a military compass, ornot, as one desires. The regulation U. S. Armydispatch case is of leather (Fig. 107).For ordinary purposes a pocket case is more convenient.The London tackle makers, C. Farlow &Co., sell, at 5s. 6d. postpaid, a leather " fly and castcase," 5 X 4}^ inches, with six transparent pocketsof celluloid. A topographical sheet by the U. S.Geological Survey cuts into twelve sections that fitthese pockets, two in each, back to back. Numberthe sections to show how they join. Small sheets ofquadrille ruled paper for notes and route sketchinggo in the same case. The maps can readily be consultedwithout the bother of unfolding in a wind,and are protected.Stationery.— Note-books and writing papershould be quadrille ruled, for convenience in mappingand drawing to scale. A loose-leaf memorandumbook is best: then you can file your notes in asafe place every evening. Postal cards may sufficefor correspondence. If envelopes are carried, letthem be of linen, and take along a small stick ofsealing-wax. Linen wears better than paper in thepocket of a native messenger. Gummed envelopes,in a moist climate, seal themselves before 3^ou wantto use them. Sealing-wax thwarts the inquisitiverural postmaster and his family. On the route outfrom camp your mail may go through many hands:a bon entendeur salut! Carry stamps in books, notsheets.A self-filling fountain pen, and a bottle of inkwith screw top held tight by a spring, an indeliblepencil for marking specimens or packages for shipment,and several large rubber bands, may be needed,according to circumstances.Take along an almanac to regulate the watch,show the moon's changes (tides, if near the coast),and, by them, to determine the day of the monthand week, which one is very apt to forget when he