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developing outfit, which, although heavy and bulky, 

 gave results amply repaying all trouble. A trvink made 

 a good developing-table ; after the sun sank, the whole 

 canyon became a dark-room ; while our washing-tray 

 was a cavity between two water-worn boulders, through 

 which rushed the cold stream straig-ht from the melting- 

 snows on the volcano. 



To the camping woman should always be given this 

 warning : See to it that the Jiarty is pro'S'ided with a 

 cook, that nothing may be expected of her in the way 

 of cooking and dish-washing. Let her supervise the 

 cooking — the menu will be vastly improved ; and if she 

 is gracious to the cook she may succeed in banishing 

 the national garlic and chili. But have it distinctly 

 understood that she is camping iov j^feasure, and that 

 she does not expect to come home at night, tired after 

 a long day's ride or tramp, with the prospect before her 

 of wrestling with a smoky camp-fire and of washing 

 dishes by the flickering light of a candle. 



I hope every party may be as fortunate in its cook 

 as we were in ours. He was cook, dish-washer, guide, 

 and when occasion demanded more fluent Spanish than 

 was at our command, he was interpreter. The pleasure 

 of a trip to Mexico will be many times increased by 

 a knowledge of the Spanish language, even as slight 

 as that gained from Cortina's admirable little book 

 " Spanish in Twenty Lessons ; " indeed if you leave 

 the beaten lines of travel and camp in the country, 



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