Saw mark.

Scarecvrow.

Scent of human touch.

Schlagintweit, H.

Science, preparatory information in.

Scorpion sting.

Scurvy.

Sea-birds, as food—­Sea-water, wetting with, a remedy for thirst; a remedy for damp through rain; to distill.

Seaweed as fuel; as food; as fodder; as string; to make gum; its ashes.

Seeds wetted, expansive force of.

Sealing-wax varnish.

Seamanship.

Seasoning wood.

Sedlitz powders.

Servants.

Sewing.

Sextant, to learn the use of; glasses to re-silver.

Shavings for bedding.

Sheep; sheep dogs.

Sheets used as ropes.

Shelter from wind; from sky.

Shingle, bivouac on.

Shingles (wood tiles).

Shirt sleeves, how to tuck up; writing notes upon.

Shoes; of untanned leather, eatable; shoemakers’ wax.

Shooting, hints on—­How to load; shooting in water; night shooting; battues to mark the beaters; scarecrows; stalking horses; pan-hunting; the rush of an enraged animal; hiding game; tying up the shooting horse; division of game; duck shooting; crocodileshooting; tracks; carrying game; setting a gun as a spring-gun; bow and arrows; knives; night-glass.

Shot; for defence.

Shutters of grass.

Sickness (see “Medicine").

Sickle, in cutting chaff.

Sights of a gun; to replace.

Signals—­Flashing with flags; reflecting the sun with a mirror; fire and smoke; other signals; letters carried by animals.

Signets.

Sinew-thread.

Size, for paper.

Skins (see Leather), eatable when untanned; salting animals in their own skins; baking them, ditto; boiling, ditto; skin rafts; boats; water bags; lashings of raw hide; to make glue.

Sky, shelter from.

Sledge.

Sleeping-bags—­Knapsack bags; Arctic bags; peasants’
sack (see also).

Slippers.

Slugs (shot); to cast.

Smell of road; of water; of human touch; of a negro;
as an indication to stop.

Smith, Archibald, Mr.

Smith, Dr.

Smith’s work.

Smoke signals; smoking skins;.

Snake bites; tree snakes in boating; poison for arrows.

Snards.

Snow, bivouac on; huts of; hearth on; filter for muddy water; snow does not satisfy thirst; blindness and spectacles; drifts to cross; ripple marks to steer by; snowy mountains, to climb.

Soap.

Socks.

Solder for tin.

Soldering (lots).

Sore backs to horses.

Sound, velocity of; signals by.

Span, measure of length; of angles.

Sparks; to strike; to make a fire from; struck as a
signal; to show the road by night.

Spears, for fish; set over beast paths; trailed through grass by savages; to straighten wood for.