there was much to do : unpacking the boxes piled on the buggy ; filling the dozen gasoline lanterns , pumping them up with air , burning their mantles , and seeing that they operated satisfactorily ; attaching caps and fuses to the sticks of dynamite , testing my powerful flashlights ; loading the little automatic and filling the extra clips ; stowing conveniently in my pockets an abundance of matches , ammunition , extra batteries for the electric torches , the strips of magnesium ribbon .