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RUBBER PLANTING ON THE 



prove to me that certain procedure in clearing, planting, care, etc., is 

 vital in the localities under consideration it does not follow that, given 

 a different locality, soil, and climatic conditions, other methods might 

 not prove necessary. 



In spite of an innate belief in my own preparedness for the Mexican 

 pilgrimage, when ready to start I lost no time in consulting persons who 

 had gone before as to material equipment for the journey. The advice 

 received solved itself into the purchase of a broad-brimmed soft hat, 



CANE FIBER RAINCOAT. 



neglige shirts, light flannel underwear, a "navy bag" (a dress suit case 

 on horseback, being a source of worry and a constant temptation to land- 

 ing on one's head), and a pair of long-legged moosehide "snake boots." 

 To this was added later a Colt's revolver and holster, to be worn in the 

 unsettled country south of the City of Mexico ; a rubber poncho coat that 

 looked like a long, tan colored nightshirt, a linen suit, and for medicines, 

 a box of cascarets, a bottle of chloranodyne, and a pint of two grain 



