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a popular carrier, but it is obsolete now, 

 except among the military and on excur- 

 sions into remote districts where food or 

 camp equipage must be carried. It is 

 awkward to reach, it tends to make the 

 wearer stoop, the straps bind and cut the 

 shoulders, it is conspicuous, and some 

 rustics will suppose it to be a peddler's 

 pack. Best of luggage-holders is a little 

 leather satchel with a strap by which to 

 hang it, and when the left shoulder tires it 

 can be shifted to the right. It can be 

 easily and quickly opened, draws no atten- 

 tion, is not clumsy ; in trains and boats it 

 can be tossed aside and replaced in an 

 instant ; it need be only half as large as a 

 knapsack, for one's actual wants are few. 

 In several trips, across Canada, through the 

 West and South, and in Europe, this was 

 my equipment : in my satchel I had a 

 light rubber coat, night-gown, shirt, hand- 

 kerchief, collar, buttons, comb, tooth-brush, 

 telescope cup, postal cards, map, and guide- 

 book. In my pockets were a knife, watch, 

 pencil, fountain pen, handkerchief, tooth- 

 picks, note-book, sketch-book, novel, and 



