We fitted out our table and kitchen from the cast offs of our home, taking things we would not miss were we to leave them with the boat when through with her. It matters little that you will find the most complete lists wanting in important particulars, for ample opportunity is given to add necessaries at the first town. But the Missis insisted on taking a full supply of provisions, and we were very glad she did. Buzzacott gives a list of necessaries for a party of five men camping five days. It seems liberal, when added to the produce of rod and gun. 20 lbs. self-raising flour. 6 lbs. fresh biscuit. 6 lbs. corn meal. 6 lbs. navy beans. 3 lbs. rice. 5 lbs. salt pork. 5 lbs. bacon. 10 lbs. ham. 15 lbs. potatoes. 6 lbs. onions. 3 lbs. can butter. 3 lbs. dried fruits. ½ gallon vinegar pickles. ½ gallon preserves. 1 qt. syrup. 1 box pepper. 1 box mustard. 6 lbs. coffee. 6 lbs. sugar. ½ lb. tea. ½ lb. baking powder. 4 cans milk and cream. 1 sack salt. 6 boxes matches (tin case). 1 lb. soap. 1 lb. corn starch. 1 lb. candles. 1 jar cheese. 1 box ginger. 1 box allspice. 1 lb. currants. 1 lb. raisins. 6 boxes sardines. 1 screwtop flask. Fresh bread, meat, sausage, eggs for first days. The wife laid in her stock of provisions, costing about sixty dollars and including the articles we use generally. Among the books we found that seemed likely to provide some useful information are: Trapper Jim--Sandys. Last of the Flatboats--Eggleston. Houseboat series--Castlemon. Bonaventure--Cable. Down the Mississippi--Ellis. Down the Great River--Glazier. Four Months in a Sneak Box--Bishop. The Wild-Fowlers--Bradford. The Mississippi--Greene. The Gulf and Inland Waters--Mahan. The Blockade and the Cruisers--Soley. The History of Our Navy--Spears. In the Louisiana Lowlands--Mather. Hitting and Missing with the Shotgun--Hammond. Among the Waterfowl--Job. Up the North Branch--Farrar. Botanist and Florist--Wood. The Mushroom Book--Marshall. Wild Sports in the South--Whitehead. Cooper's Novels. Catalog from Montgomery Ward's mail order house. And a good supply of other novels, besides the children's schoolbooks. By writing to the U. S. port office at St. Louis we secured a list of the lights on the Western rivers, a bit antique, but quite useful. From Rand & McNally we also obtained a chart of the Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf, which was invaluable. The Desplaines had a lot of separate charts obtained from the St. Louis port officers, which were larger and easier to decipher.