The advent of Cochrane to our party led to a reconsideration of the whole question of the food and kit we should carry on our momentous journey. His previous experience and that of Keeling's party was that 35 lb. was about as much as one could expect to carry across country consistently with making reasonable progress. In the end, however, we found that there were so many essentials that we should have each to take about 43 lb., exclusive of the weight of packs, haversacks, &c., to carry them. The following list gives some idea of our final equipment. Each member of the party was to take the following:-- _Food_-- Sixty-eight biscuits, made by "Escapers Ltd.," five to the lb. Six soft biscuits, four to the lb. Sultanas, 4 lb. Cheese, ½ lb. Fresh meat (for the first two days only), ½ lb. Rice, 2 lb. Cocoa _or_ Ovaltine, 1 lb. Soup tablets (Oxo), 12 cubes. Chocolate, 1 lb. Tea, ¼ lb. Salt, about 1/8 lb. Emergency ration of chocolate, Horlick's malted milk tablets, _or_ Brand's essence, about ½ lb. _Clothing_-- Spare pair of boots, or several pairs of native sandals. Spare shirt. Towel. Several pairs of socks. Felt mufti hat or service-dress cap. Vermin-proof belt. Spare bootlaces. Handkerchiefs (mostly in the form of bags round the food). _Miscellaneous_-- Share of medicines, mainly in tabloid form. One large and one small bandage. Matches, two or more boxes, one being in a water-tight case. Flint and slow-match cigarette lighter. Cigarettes or tobacco, according to taste. Soap, one piece. String. Mug and spoon. Wool for repairs to socks. Spare razor-blades. Compass. Clasp-knife. Whistle. Tooth-brush. Comb. Notebook and pencil. In addition, the following were to be distributed in more or less equal weights among the party as a whole:-- 1 pair of field-glasses. 6 skeins of ¾-inch rope. 2 boot-repair outfits. 1 housewife. 3 chargals (canvas bags for water). Map, original and copies; and enlargements from a small map. Cardboard protractors. "Sun compass." Book of star charts. Extra tea in the form of tablets. 1 aluminium "degchie" or "dixie" (cooking-pot). 1 very small adze (a carpenter's tool used in the East). 2 pocket Gillette shaving sets. 4 candles, } for giving red-light signals at red cloth } Rendezvous X. 2 pairs of scissors. 2 iron rings, for use in the event of having to tow our kit across an unfordable river. 1 sausage of solid meat extract. Opium. 1 bottle of "Kola" compound. 1 lb. tapioca. Small reel of fine steel wire. One ½-pint bottle of brandy. Fishing tackle.