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ADVICE TO TRAVELLERS. 



they both become of the same temperature. 

 Before the traveller enters into the high moun- 

 tainous districts^ where the cold winds are so 

 piercing and injurious to the constitution^ it 

 would be well for him to wear a complete suit of 

 flannel next the skin, covering the arms even 

 down to the wrists, and the legs to the ancles ; 

 some medical men recommended soft leather 

 to be worn under the flannel, but for my own 

 part, I prefer it over, having tried both, and 

 found the latter method by far the warmest. 



Begging the reader^s pardon for making such 

 a breach in my journal, I shall now proceed again. 

 It came on to blow a heavy gale, and the sight 

 of one of our peons fast began to fail him. 



Tuesday 2\st. Waked the peons up before 

 daylight, in hopes of getting the loads up the 

 Cumbre or summit of the Cordillera this day; 

 but owing to so much time being occupied in 

 drying and putting on our snow-shoes, it was 

 nearly eight o'clock before we started, it blew 

 a gale of wind, with thermometer down 14'' 



