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loose-htting seal-skins, which weighed not one-tenth as 

 much as the overcoat. 



In the way of outer garments any good, loose-htting 

 woollen clothes will do, provided they are strong and pretty 

 tightly woven, otherwise they will soon be torn by the hard, 

 rough, wiry branches through which one so often has to 

 force a way. Corduroy, though about the only material that 

 Vv'ill withstand the roughest usage, has the disadvantage of 

 being both cold and easily wet, and when once wet it is very 

 difficult to dry. It is also rather noisy. I find knicker- 

 bockers preferable to trousers, as they allow greater freedom 

 at the knees, particularly in travelling by canoe when one is 

 in a more or less cramped position for many hours at a time. 

 For a hat there is nothing better than a good felt, with 

 the brim just wide enough to carry the rain-water clear of 

 one's neck ; it also keeps the irritating spruce needles from 

 going in the same direction. Gloves may be used, but it 

 the weather is really cold, " mits," m.ade of pure undyed 

 wool, are far more satisfactory. They are more easily 

 removed and very much warmer. The best kind are home- 

 made and double-knitted. In the summer months, thin 

 leather gloves are useful for keeping the black flies off one's 

 hands. The last necessary object of wearing apparel, and at 

 times the most important, is the mackintosh. Each man has 

 his own ideas on which is best. I have always used the very 

 light kind made after the pattern of a shirt, so that it is 

 opened only far enough down to be slipped over the head 

 with ease. These are especially good for a rainy day in a 

 canoe. To these things may be added a warm sweater, 

 which at times is most acceptable, and for sleeping in, some- 

 thing loose, warm, and of wool, stockings included, and a 

 Jaeger helmet cap which protects the back of the neck from 

 cold. 



