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ing 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. 



I took all these precautions and yet suffered a thousand times 

 more, and was delayed more, from foot-soreness than from fatigue. 

 English pedestrians and sportsmen often wear much heavier and 

 clumsier shoes than I have advised. 



Knapsack. We had the India-rubber army knapsack, made 

 at Naugatuck, Connecticut. If you get them well "seasoned," 

 so that they will not stick or smell, and with a good harness, they 

 will probably be the best that you can procure. Ours were so, 

 and we found them convenient and to wear well. 



Clothing you can get in England better than at home. You 

 must dispense with everything not absolutely essential to your 

 comfort ; for every ounce is felt in a hot day. "We carried in our 

 knapsacks each about as follows : 



Four shirts, one pair cloth pantaloons, two pair socks ; slippers, 

 handkerchiefs, mending materials, toilet articles, towel, napkin, 

 leather drinking-cup, cap, oil-silk cape, portfolio with writing and 

 sketching materials, knife and fork, candle of tallow (that it may 

 be used to grease shoes with upon occasion), matches, a book, 

 map, pocket-compass, adhesive plaster, cord, shoe-lacings. 



Everything selected with care for lightness and compactness, 

 and the whole weighing ten pounds and a-half, including knapsack 

 and straps. We wore upon the road light cloth coats and waist- 

 coats, and linen dusters or blouses, and light cassimere pantaloons. 

 We each carried a strong, hooked hickory-stick, and it will be 

 found best to do so. We usually wore broad-brimmed, pliable 

 felt hats of the best quality ; they were excellent both in sun and 

 rain. We also had light linen caps. 



For rainy weather a cape of the best black oiled silk, 22 inches 

 long before, and 16 inches behind, with a low collar, and button- 

 ing in front, weighing half-a-pound, and folding so small that it 

 could be carried in a coat pocket a capital and serviceable 

 article. With a loop and a tape it may be gathered tight at the 

 waist under the knapsack, so as not to be lifted by the wind. 



A. flash for drink is hardly worth its carriage in England. A 

 man every way in health should be able to walk a dozen miles 

 or more without wanting to drink. Where good water is con- 

 stantly to be had, it is refreshing to taste it very frequently, and 



