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in the " Alice in Wonderland " books, " the moral o£ 

 this is," take all these needful things with you, for 

 if you attemjjt to send home for them they may be 

 delayed for weeks in the mails, and when they finally 

 arrive, the duty on a garment sometimes exceeds its 

 value. 



These things, however, are for civiHzation, — not 

 for the wilderness, — and before starting out for camp 

 they should be left with some responsible person in 

 the city which you make your headquarters. In our 

 case this was Guadalajara. 



Everything which we did not expect to use in camp 

 was left in a large trunk, while Ave took with us on 

 the trail only a steamer trunk and four waterproof 

 clothing-bags — two of moderate size and two small. 

 These bags save a surprising amount of weight, and 

 pack readily on mule-back, as does also a steamer 

 trunk. 



When the last farewell to civilization is said, and 

 the woman who goes camjjing sets forth on the trail 

 to be a wilderness woman indeed, she will find that a 

 very simple wardrobe will be all that is necessary. First 

 and most important is a divided skirt of whipcord or 

 corduroy. No one should attempt to ride side-saddle 

 over these steep mountain trails ; indeed the woman 

 who does not intend to ride cross-saddle should never 

 undertake a camping-trip in the wilds of Mexico. A 

 short skirt of corduroy (khaki is also good) I found 



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