The art of travel : $b or, Shifts and contrivances available in wild countries

· 1911

Francis Galton The Art of Travel (1872) first published in Great Britain by John Murray, London in 1872. 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 Shooting, hints on Game, other means of capturing Fishing Signals Bearings by Compass, Sun, etc. Marks by the wayside Way, to find Caches and Depôts Savages, Management of Hostilities Mechanical Appliances Knots Writing Materials Timber Metals…

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