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trouble of flat-irons. It secures to me a clean screen 
between my epidermoid and seal-skin integuments. 
" I try to be a practical man as to clothing and the 
et ceteras of a traveler. All baggage beyond the essen- 
tial I regard as impedimenta, and believe in the wis- 
dom of Titian Peale, who, when preparing for an ex- 
ploring tour around the world, purchased — a tin cup. 
For the sake of poor devils condemned to cold winters, 
I give in detail my dress, the result of much trial, and, 
I think, nearly perfect. Here it is, from tip to toe. 
"1. Feet. A pair of cotton socks (Lisle thread) cov- 
ered by a pair of ribbed woolen stockings, rising above 
the knee and half way up the thigh. Over these a 
pair of Esquimaux water-proof boots, lined by a sock 
of dog-skin, the hair inside ; the leg of dressed seal- 
hide ; a sole with the edges turned up, and crimped so 
as to form a water-tight cup ; the furred edge of a dog- 
skin sock inserted as a lining ; and some clean straws 
laid smoothly at the bottom, which forms the elastic 
cushion on which you tread. 
"2. Legs. A pair of coarse woolen drawers, and a 
pair of seal-skin breeks over them, stitched with rein- 
deer tendon. 
"3. Chest. A jumper or short coat, double, of seal- 
skin and reindeer fur. This invaluable article I got 
at Disco on my fur journey, obtaining a good number 
besides for men and officers. It consists of an inner- 
hooded shirt of reindeer-skin with the hair inside, 
reaching as /ar as the upper ridge of the hips, so as to 
allow free swing to the legs, and fitting about the 
throat very closely. It is drawn on like the shirt, and, 
except at the neck, is perfectly loose and unbinding. 
" 4. Head. Our people generally wear fur caps. I 
wear an ear-ridge, a tiara, to speak heroically, of wolf- 
