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washed, remove the canvas, cover the quilt with cheese-cloth, 

 and use it again on the bed. The bag when rolled for packing 

 is protected by a canvas flap twenty-eight inches by nineteen, 

 the longer dimension being sewed to the middle of the canvas 

 at the top of the quilt. This flap is also fine for covering the 

 head at night. Two or three long double tapes are sewed to the 

 free edge of the flap. When it is desired to pack the bedding, the 

 two long edges of the quilt are brought together along the middle 

 of the quilt, then the folded quilt is rolled from the bottom up 

 as tightly as possible, and the flap rolled around and tied by the 

 tapes, one of each pair being turned in one direction and the 

 other in the opposite, so that they may be tied firmly together. 



The canvas bag for clothing and other necessaries is drawn 

 together at the top by a double draw-string, so that it may be 

 firmly closed. On the outside there are two flat pockets, made of 

 a single piece of canvas, sewed several times on three sides and 

 down the middle. They are covered by flaps which button 

 to the pockets, each by two strong flat buttons. These pockets are 

 very convenient for writing materials, handkerchiefs, ribbons, 

 collars, and other little things which it is desirable to keep from 

 the jumble within the bag. It is surprising how much can be 

 packed into one of these bags, though not enough to do away with 

 the necessit}'- of washing the underclothing and blouses many 

 times during an outing of a month. Both the roll of bedding and 

 bag of clothing could easily be packed in a dunnage bag half the 

 size of those used by the Sierra Club in the outing of 1903. In 

 case of a trip without pack-animals, the roll of bedding could 

 be made much lighter by ripping off the canvas and putting it and 

 the necessities in the canvas bag; or the bedding could be kept 

 covered with the canvas and the necessities could be packed in the 

 roll of bedding. I shall be glad to show the outfit to any one 

 who cares to see it. 



This is as good for a man as a woman, and the men with 

 whom I have been camping have had a similar outfit. 



Alice Eastwood. 



In the National Geographical Magazine for November we see 

 that those indefatigable mountaineers. Dr. and Mrs. Workman, 

 have spent another season in the Himalayas. After camping 

 overnight at the great height of 19,355 feet, they made next day 

 the highest ascents ever recorded. The party scaled a peak 

 22,568 feet in elevation, and while Mrs. Workman and one guide 

 remained on the summit. Dr. Workman and two others as- 

 cended another mountain to the height of 23,394 feet. These 



