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These will pack in waterproof bags very comfort- 

 ably. In addition to feeding himself well, he finds 

 he must not sleep next to the ground, he must have 

 a hot bath every day, but never a cold one, and he 

 must shelter himself with a double tent against the 

 sun. 



Those are the absolute necessities of the climate. 

 In other words, if he carries a double tent, a cot, a 

 folding bath, and gives a little attention to a prop- 

 erly balanced food supply, he has met the situation. 



If, in addition, he takes canned goods, soda si- 

 phons, lime juice, easy chairs and all the rest of the 

 paraphernalia, he is merely using a basic principle 

 as an excuse to include sheer luxuries. In further 

 extenuation of this he is apt to argue that porters 

 are cheap, and that it costs but little more to carry 

 these extra comforts. Against this argument, of 

 course, I have nothing to say. It is the inalien- 

 able right of every man to carry all the luxuries he 

 wants. My point is that the average American 

 sportsman does not want them, and only takes them 

 because he is overpersuaded that these things are 

 not luxuries, but necessities. For, mark you, he 

 could take the same things into the Sierras or the 

 North — by paying; but he doesn't. 



I repeat, it is the inalienable right of any man to 

 travel as luxuriously as he pleases. But by the 



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