278 CRUISE OF THE BARRERA 



agreeable in a northern forest where one could 

 gather the materials for a camp-fire and lie in 

 security upon the ground. 



We arrived at the house of the finca well done 

 up with the heat and wet but thoroughly satisfied 

 with the day*s accomplishment. Our host led 

 us to sleeping quarters in the tobacco-drying barn 

 where in company with a number of the reticent 

 farm-hands, we stretched out for the night upon 

 some cots. 



Friday^ June ^ih. At five, our party awoke 

 refreshed and ready for another day's strenuous 

 campaign. Herein lies ample evidence that vigor- 

 ous outdoor exercise, combined with mental ex- 

 hilaration, furnishes a panacea for most ills. A 

 body normally prepared for sleep requires neither 

 springs nor mattress. The term ''hygienic sur- 

 roundings *' could hardly apply here, and the science 

 of dietetics with its nice proportions of proteids, 

 carbohydrates, and its measures of calories could 

 receive but little consideration. Such things 

 seemed necessary rather to the cities and their 

 dwellers, where only mental effort counts and ma- 

 chinery does away with physical exercise, where 

 sunlight and air are too expensive for general use. 



