Next pass the free ends of the
cord over the object and through the loop; then, bringing your shoulder
to a level with the package, draw the free ends of the cords over your
right shoulder: the cords will by this time have assumed the appearance
shown in the sketch.
[Sketch of cords as described].
Now pass the left arm between the left-hand cord and the package at B,
and the right arm between the right-hand cord and the package at C.
Lastly, draw the cords tight, and the object will be found to be fastened
on to your back like a knapsack. A gun may be passed between the cords
and the top of the object. This is a capital method of carrying a load of
game over a broken country, where at least one hand is required to be
free. I am indebted to Mr. F. M. Wyndham for a knowledge of it: he found
it frequently in use in Norway. In hot countries the plan would not be so
convenient, as the heat of a soft package strapped closely to the back is
very oppressive.
WRITING MATERIALS.
Paper.--Its Numerous Applications.--Captain Sherard Osborn, in writing of
the Japanese, says:--"It was wonderful to see the thousand useful as well
as ornamental purposes to which paper was applicable in the hands of
these industrious and tasteful people. Our papier-mache manufacturers, as
well as the Continental ones, should go to Yeddo to learn what can be
done with paper.
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