- Art of Travel
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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).
- Chapters
- Preface
- Preparatory Enquiries
- Organising an Expedition
- Outfit
- Medicine
- Surveying Instruments
- Memoranda and Log-Books
- Measurements
- Climbing and Mountaineering
- Cattle
- Harness
- Carriages
- Swimming
- Rafts and Boats
- Fords and Bridges
- Clothing
- Bedding
- Bivouac
- Huts
- Sleeping-Bags
- Tents
- Furniture
- Fire
- Food
- Water for Drinking
- Guns and Rifles
- Gun-fittings and Ammunition
- Hints on Shooting
- Other Means of Capturing Game
- Fishing
- Signals
- Bearings by Compass, Sun, etc.
- Marks by the Wayside
- On Finding the Way
- Caches and Depots
- Management of Savages
- Hostilities
- Mechanical Appliances
- Knots
- Writing Materials
- Timber
- Metals
- Leather
- Cords, String, and Thread
- Membrane, Sinew, and Horn
- Pottery
- Candles and Lamps
- Conclusion of the Journey