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heating. "And this and the knitted socks is the 

 cause of all your suffering." 



"Now listen to me," he went on; "at every 

 noon day fire, or in fact any time a lengthened 

 halt is called, sit on the brush before the fire 

 and take off both moccasins and all your socks, 

 turn them inside out and beat them on a stick 

 or the brush to take out all the creases the feet 

 have made. Let them cool wrong side out and 

 while this is taking place, have your feet also 

 cooling. Let them become thoroughly cold be- 

 fore replacing your socks and shoes and when 

 doing this put those that were on the right foot 

 on to the left, and vice versa. This affords a 

 wonderful relief to the tired feet and you re- 

 sume the journey with a rested feeling. At 

 night, after the last pipe is smoked and you are 

 about turning in to get what sleep you can with 

 no roof to cover you but the far-off heavens, 

 then turn up your pants to the knee and jump, 

 bare- footed and bare-legged into the nearby 

 snow and stand in it until you can bear it no 

 longer, then stand near the blazing camp-fire 

 and with a coarse towel, or bag, rub the legs and 

 feet well until the blood is tingling, and the 

 color of your lower extremities resembles a 

 boiled lobster, and my word for it, you will rest 

 better, sleep sounder and arise refreshed 

 what you never enjoyed before." 



