200 CLOTHS BAG AND LACE-UPS. 



cup to boil coffee, make tea in, and drink from ; 

 the pail to dip water, and keep near the camp- 

 fire ready for any purpose. A pail is also very 

 useful to give your animals a drink, when the 

 water is inaccessible to them from mire or 

 rocky canons. 



Spare cloths should be carried in a round 

 waterproof bag, made of strong canvas, painted 

 (such as sailors use), in which notebooks and 

 writing gear can be also stowed away. 



For clothing I give the preference to good 

 Scotch tweed, as a material better suited to 

 stand wear-and-tear, and supply warmth without 

 weight, than any fabric I have ever tried. Fur 

 I abominate, as having no quality that is not 

 immeasurably improved in a woollen fabric. 

 Leather for jacket or trousers avoid as you 

 would a rattle-snake, if you can by any possi- 

 bility obtain other material. It shrinks when 

 wet, shrinks when dry, feels cold at all times, 

 and requires a week to dry if thoroughly soaked 

 -a process that contracts the sleeves, if a 

 jacket, from the wrist to the elbow, and trousers 

 to knee-breeches. 



Strong ' lace-up ' boots, if you are provident 

 enough to bring out a stock, are far and away the 

 best foot-armature. Mocassins are only to be 



