COLLECTING AND CAMPING AFOOT 275 



not include over two thousand feet of total climbing. In climbing one 

 can count on one thousand feet an hour, without a pack if the trail is 

 steep. With a fifty-pound pack the time is about doubled. If one finds 

 it necessary to carry more than the weight indicated, the distance 

 traveled is correspondingly reduced. From the total weight one must 

 subtract the weight of the collecting outfit. My own outfit consists of 

 a wood slat press with straps, twenty-five light-weight driers, one hun- 

 dred sheets of inner papers, a few ounces of cardboard slips for fastening 

 over the bends in specimens, and my plant digger. The total weight is 

 not over five pounds. The weight of the specimens gathered is not 

 likely to be, on a single trip, more than five pounds, which increase in 

 weight is, however, offset by the decrease in weight of supplies. "We 

 have then forty-five pounds for the remainder of the pack. 



The outfit may be considered conveniently under the following 

 heads: clothing, bedding, cooking utensils, provisions, miscellaneous. 

 The exact selection depends upon the length of the trip, the character 

 of the country, climate, accessibility of supply stations and many other 

 conditions which can not here be foreseen. It is clear that in the high 

 Sierras more bedding is necessary than in Florida, that more provisions 

 must be carried in a wilderness than in a settled country, and that 

 rain or mosquitoes must be provided against where these occur. There- 

 fore in discussing the requisites for an outfit I shall not make a definite 

 selection, but shall offer suggestions as to such selection based upon my 

 own experience. 



In my own work I travel from place to place with the usual baggage 

 allowance of one hundred and fifty pounds aside from my hand baggage. 

 In this baggage I carry such articles as I am likely to need at hotels 

 where I may stop, and also a selection of camp equipment, and extra 

 driers and other collecting supplies. Sometimes I go first to a hotel, 

 where I leave my baggage while I make an excursion of a few days on 

 foot. Sometimes I travel in camp clothes and pack, in which case I 

 can leave my baggage at the depot and go at once into the country. 



Concerning clothes for camping, I can say little except that it is 

 very necessary that the foot covering, whatever its other qualities, should 

 be well fitted and well " broken in," for it is absolutely essential in a 

 walking trip that the feet should be kept in good condition. As to 

 other articles, I prefer heavy socks, wide-brimmed cowboy hat, and, in 

 the mountains, woolen underwear. I usually go without a coat, but 

 carry a sweater. The extra clothes may be reduced to an extra suit of 

 underwear, an extra pair of socks, two large handkerchiefs and a pair 

 of moccasins. The latter I use chiefly at night. 



The bedding may be reduced to a single blanket of moderate weight 

 or two of light weight. I also carry a waterproof poncho. This is a 

 protection against rain, dew or damp ground at night and can be used 



