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in July, I have shivered in every coat and flannel I had 

 with me. 



Moccasins are the things for the canoe, but if you try 

 to clamber over rocks or wade streams in them, your 

 feet will be bruised and cut severely. It is advisable to 

 wear stout ankle gaiters that lace up, with heavy iron- 

 nailed slippers that may be fastened with a strap and 

 buckle over them, after you have left the canoe, and by 

 means of which you can cling to the rocks without slip- 

 ping so frequently as you otherwise would. You will 

 wear a straw hat, of course, and where mosquitoes are 

 not innumerable, your flannel underclothes will make a 

 delightful boating suit. Never use anything but woollen 

 socks for any sort of hard walking, and by having your 

 net handle shod with iron, and carrying it in one hand, 

 you will make your way among the slippery rocks with 

 comparative safety. 



The bedding should consist of plenty of blankets, and 

 one or two of them coated with India rubber and ren- 

 dered waterproof, to keep off the moisture that will 

 always rise from the ground at night, to wrap the rest of 

 your clothes in, and to protect them and yourself from 

 rain and wet. A stout leather strap and buckle is neces- 

 sary for the latter purpose. The best tent is a circular 

 one without any ridge-pole, but supported by a rope run 

 through a pulley attached to three long poles cut in the 

 woods, and placed in the shape of a tripod above. The 

 pins are driven into the cloth itself, and hold it so close 

 to the ground that no insects can penetrate beneath, 

 while a flap effectually closes the door. There is a hole 

 for ventilation at the top, whicl\ in a rain, may be closed 



