mounted in dust-proof cases.

Each man was provided with a sheath knife and a waterproof match box,
and his personal kit, containing a pair of blankets and clothing, was
carried in a waterproof canvas bag.

I may say here in reference to these waterproof bags and the "balloon"
silk tent that they were of the same manufacture as those used on the
Hubbard expedition and for their purpose as nearly perfect as it is
possible to make them. The tent weighed but nine pounds, was
windproof, and, like the bags, absolutely waterproof, and the,
material strong and firm.

Our provision supply consisted of 298 pounds of pork; 300 pounds of
flour; 45 pounds of corn meal; 40 pounds of lentils; 28 pounds of
rice; 25 pounds of erbswurst; 10 pounds of prunes; a few packages of
dried vegetables; some beef bouillon tablets; 6 pounds of baking
powder; 16 pounds of tea; 6 pounds of coffee; 15 pounds of sugar; 14
pounds of salt; a small amount of saccharin and crystallose, and 150
pounds of pemmican.

Everything likely to be injured by water was packed in waterproof
canvas bags.

My friend Dr. Frederick A. Cook, of the Arctic Club, selected my
medical kit, and instructed me in the use of its simple remedies. It
was also upon the recommendation of Dr. Cook and others of my Arctic
Club friends that I purchased the pemmican, which was designed as an
emergency ration, and it is worth noting that one pound of pemmican,
as our experience demonstrated, was equal to two or even three pounds