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at $7.50, will serve the purpose admirably. Its weight is twelve 

 pounds; its general size and shape can best be represented by 

 the cut below. Marsh and I slept in one at timber-line (10,450 

 ft.) on Mt. Whitney for three nights. When it stormed during 

 the day, we turned it upside down with all the parts spread out 



as a canopy. A lighter tent should be made, after the same design, 

 of silk for the sides and some light waterproof duck for the 

 floor. 



If a rainfall is out of the question, a light cotton sheet 

 apexed over the head of the sleeping-bag as a breathing-hood 

 would be quite sufficient for comfort. The sled, if stood on end, 

 would form a ready support. 



But the key to our success on Mt. Whitney was our hip- 

 leggings of light rubber sheeting, made on the sewing-machine. 

 The seams should be placed on the outside of the leg, where 

 the water from the melting snow will not so readily find its way 

 through the needle-holes. These leggings should, of course, be 

 supplemented by felt boots and two-buckle rubbers to hold the 

 bottom of the leggings firmly. Had we not by the merest good 

 luck provided ourselves with these, the water-soaked snow would 

 have wet us so thoroughly the first day that we would have been 

 compelled to beat a retreat on the second at the latest. 



Such food only should be taken as can be prepared without 

 much water, — that is, bacon, canned beans, flour, and pemmican 

 made preferably of cornmeal, and meat thoroughly cooked and 

 cased in cloth. Coffee, of course, should be provided if it is 

 craved, and sugar for syrup. 



If the trip is to be above timber, an oil-stove of galvanized 

 iron is the cheapest practicable means of cooking. If, however, 



