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cut very short and buttoning down back and 
front, and found them most useful, worn over 
knickers of the same material. Long-sleeved 
shirts that can be fastened up to the throat are 
far the best: we found it impossible to wear 
elbow sleeves, on account of the sandflies and 
mosquitos. Washing crepe de chine frocks, 
very simply made, also long-sleeved, are useful: 
and a jersey coat or jumper, to slip on, is 
essential, as well as a wrap of some sort. It is 
quite chilly, sometimes, sitting out on deck, and 
the evenings are nearly always cold. Soft felt 
hats keep off the sun much better than straw 
ones, and a sun-umbrella is also necessary. It 
is best to take very little luggage : there is small 
space on a tiny launch, and wants are few. 
Four or five washing shirts, two linen skirts, a 
golf jersey and a blanket coat for every-day 
use, and a soft felt hat. One thin cloth or 
serge coat and skirt, and a tidy hat. Perhaps 
a washing crepe de chine or Shantung dress. 
Underlinen that is easily washed and ironed. 
That is an ample outfit for the river itself. It is 
necessary to take a good skin food and face 
cream, also a cooling lotion, as the hot air and 
sun burn and dry the skin. Personally, I 
liked a little face cream rubbed in, and powder 
dusted on afterwards. But every woman has 
her own fancies. 
Whilst the men were fishing we watched them 
from the shore and took snapshots of them, or 
