ELEVENTH CHAPTER 

 OUTFITTING HINTS 



A S will be seen by the accompanying list, sev- 

 * eral articles that were taken to the North 

 were, at the advice of our guide, Captain Hubrick, 

 never carried into the hunting fields, but left at 

 McCarthy until our return. I don't believe, 

 however, there was a thing forgotten, or any- 

 thing omitted from the list that would have 

 added in any measure to our comfort or effi- 

 ciency. While I have always been a great 

 admirer of the air beds, having used them con- 

 tinually for twenty years (and took one along on 

 this occasion), yet I was fearful before leaving 

 on the trip that my rheumatism might not go 

 very well with them, so I took my eiderdown 

 robe, which I have used as a cold-weather bed 

 for years. There is nothing to beat the air beds, 

 even in ordinarily cold weather, as they are com- 

 pact, durable, rainproof and positively the 

 easiest bed to sleep on that can be found. I 

 usually inflate them only sufficient to allow my 

 fist to press the upper and lower walls together 

 when it is forced down hard in the middle of the 

 bed. If inflated much more than this the bed is 



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