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compels you, if in a canoe or open boat that leaks, you 

 can place your feet in it, and thus be thoroughly protected 

 from damp of every description. Of course there are 

 numerous other things you may advantageously add to 

 your kit, but do not forget that every superfluous pound of 

 baggage is to be avoided, for long marches on tired horses 

 have to be made, and rough and weary portages to be 

 traversed, across which every ounce of unnecessary luggage 

 will add to the fatigue of the bearers, and not unfrequently 

 produce grumbling and lack of discipline, two objection- 

 ables to be given a wide berth to, for they destroy much of 

 the pleasure attached to roughing beyond the boundaries 

 of civilization. 



