THE LONG TRAIL 



meat. Four years later, during the de- 

 scent of the Duvida — the "River of 

 Doubt" — we learned to our bitter cost 

 what it meant to travel in the tropics as 

 lightly equipped as one could, with but 

 little hardship in the north. It was not, 

 however, through our own lack of fore- 

 thought, but due rather to the necessities 

 and shifting chances of a difficult and dan- 

 gerous exploring expedition. 



Even if it is true, as Napoleon said, that 

 an army marches on its belly, still, it 

 won't go far unless its feet are properly 

 shod, and, since my father had a skin as 

 tender as a baby's, he took every precau- 

 tion that his boots should fit him properly 

 and not rub. "The modified duffle-bags 

 came all right. I suppose we will get the 

 cotton-soled shoes, but I do not know. 

 How do you hke the rubber-soled shoes? 

 Don't you think before ordering other 

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