Ramrod; to replace; probing with, for water; broken ramrod
tubes.
Rank birds, to prepare for eating.
Rarefied air.
Rarey, Mr.
Rate of movement, to measure; of swimming; theory of load, and
rate of travel.
Rations; of water.
Raw meat; as an antiscorbutic.
Reconnoitring arid lands.
Reeds, for rafts; mats; huts and fences; to weave; for
pens; as a cache (see "Bamboo").
Reel, substitute for.
Reflectors, to light tinder; of sun for a signal.
Remedies.
Resin.
Retreat, hurried.
Richardson, Sir J.; Mr.
Rifle (see Guns and Rifles).
Right angle, to lay out.
Rings for saddle.
Rivers, to cross (see Fords and Bridges); their banks are bad roads.
Road, to mark; plank-road; lost road.
Rob Roy canoe.
Robbers (see "Thieves").
Robbiboo.
Rock, a reservoir of heat at night; magnetism of.
Rockets.
Roe of fish, as food.
Roofs.
Ropes, for descending cliffs; Alpine; of sheeting; of bark,
(see Cord, String, Thread); tying a prisooner.
Rudder.
Rumford, Count.
Running, with horses.
Rushes (see "Reeds"), for chairs.
Rust.
Sack (see "Rag").
Saddle; packsaddle; saddle as pillow; saddle bags; as
screens against wind.
Sails to raft; sail-tent.
Salt; given to cattle; salt-lick; salt meat; to
make; to salt hides; to prepare salt meat for cooking
(see "Sea-water").
Saltpetre; for gunpowder.
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