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that is to say, for sitting in it instead of out-of-doors or in our rooms, 

 while waiting for tea to be prepared. With regard to servants, the 

 best way is to ask the landlord to pay them and charge it in the bill. 

 It relieves you of a great annoyance, and in such cases we never found 

 the charge added extravagant. 



Equipment. Shoes can be obtained much cheaper in England than 

 America, and, indeed, first-rate shoes are hardly to be had in America ; 

 but English shoes, that you would have to buy at the shops, always have 

 a seam across the instep that is very hard upon a foot unaccustomed to 

 it ; and for this reason, and to ensure a shape to suit you, you had best 

 get them made at home. The leather should be well-tanned and dressed 

 thick kip or cowhide, the best that can be procured ; the soles of &quot; En 

 glish bend,&quot; three-eighths of an inch in thickness ; double this in the heel, 

 which should come so far forward that the break will be perpendicular 

 with the point of the ankle. Give your order, if possible, six months 

 beforehand, (I never have known a shoemaker who would get his work 

 done when he promised to for any consideration,) and go to the workman 

 yourself to make sure that he understands what you want, otherwise 

 you will probably receive, just as you are going on board ship, a parcel 

 by express containing a pair of butterfly pumps with soles of humming 

 bird hide. Have a distinct agreement that they shall be returned if 

 they do not come in time, and if they do not answer to your order. They 

 should be high enough (64- inches, including heel, commonly) to well 

 cover the ankle, and lace up with but two crossings over the instep. The 

 laces must be made of the best leather, and you should carry half-a-dozen 

 spare ones. 



If, finally, the shoes are not large enough to go easily over two woollen 

 socks on your foot, reject them. Get Shaker woollen socks of an exact 

 fit to your foot, or as large as they may be without danger of folding or 

 rubbing into welts under your shoes. Wear them with the &quot; wrong 

 side&quot; outward. You do not want to wear them double, but your feet 

 will swell so in a long hot day s walk, that you will want that there 

 should have been room enough in your shoes for them to be double be 

 fore you started. Break your shoes in on the passage. 



Gaiters are worn to protect the feet from dust and gravel coming over 

 the top of the shoe. They increase the heat of the feet to that degree 

 that they are best dispensed with. Bathe your feet at every convenient 

 opportunity on the road, and always as soon as you stop for the night, 

 and change your socks and put on slippers. 



