OUTFITS, GUIDES AND PONIES. 23 rust, while zinc is not. The zinc to he used is that known as ‘ 24 sheet,’ and is about the thickness of stout brown paper. Any tinsmith will line the boxes for a few shillings each; and they should be carefully tested to see that they do not leak anywhere, by filling them with water ere they leave the tinsmith’s shop. A stumble over a boulder on the part of a pack-pony is always a possibility, nay, a certainty sooner or later in the driving of loose ponies through the rivers one is compelled to ford daily when travelling in many parts of Iceland. Waller, in his charming little work 1 Six Weeks in the Saddle,’ says: ‘To see your pack-horse calmly seat himself in four feet of water and hear the sea (he was fording at this time a shallow inlet) pouring in gallons into your travelling boxes, is not calculated to enliven even a good-tempered man.’ Prevention is better than cure, and a most effectual pre- ventative is the zinc lining, for even if a pack-pony should have to swim a yard or two there is but little fear of the boxes being submerged so deeply that the water will get in beneath the lid. The boxes should not exceed the following outside dimensions, and be made as light and strong as possible: 2ft. long, 14in. deep, and lOin. wide. The wood should be well-seasoned pine, fin. thick. The sides, bottom and ends, and likewise the lid, should each be of one piece of board, not two pieces joined together, and the sides and ends should be dovetailed together at the corners, not simply nailed. The lid should be arched to throw off the rain, which will be done by affixing a piece of wood, with the upper edge rounded, to each end of the lid in such a manner that it overlaps the end of the body of the box. The boxes should each receive two coats of paint or, better still, of varnish, and they will then be complete, save the lining and fittings. First, the hinges for the lid; these should have flaps about six inches long, bent over the lid, and be well secured with screws. Next will be the lock ; a stout brass hasp-and-eye and a padlock will be found more serviceable than any ordinary box-lock, as the latter kind are seldom made sufficiently strong to stand the strain that it is necessary to put upon the lock of a box when it is crammed so full that one is compelled to sit or stand upon the lid to close it, and it is only by thus packing a box that one can prevent its contents being damaged by the attrition caused by the jolting to which they will be subjected in pony transport. A pair of irons, somewhat similar to a sailing boat’s shroud-irons, will have to be made for each box, but these should not be screwed on until the pack-saddle is seen to which the boxes are

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