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efforts in this question of the mind’s 
frame probably are not entirely above 
ridicule. I have found keeping a diary, 
writing in it at every rest, a diversion 
that rids one of unhappy notions. In 
these days of 5 cents classics, of 10 cent 
mental stimulants, and of the literature 
of the world in form convenient for 
the pockets, the traveler may pick and 
choose among kinds of reading for 
amusement, soothing and learning. 
I found a French harp—mouth 
organ—and marching tunes full of 
stimulant. Tramping to stirring music 
of the simple harmonica type gives one 
a curious collection of memories. 
There is a Pennsylvania hill—I don’t 
remember exactly where—which I 
climbed to an old Adirondack dancing 
tune. The two are inseperably linked. 
Floating down the Holston on a log 
raft, one bend returns as a place where 
the Baltimore Oriole replied exhuber- 
antly to the strains of Dixieland. A 
pocket volume may well be learned, 
page by page, filling the mind with 
those things a man wishes he knew—a 
language, a study, a branch of mathe- 
matics, incidents of a historical epoch 
—while one travels, whether on foot, 
on a bicycle, or in a motor vehicle. 
No matter how busily one may tramp 
or drive, the stepping or steering may 
become subconscious, and certainly be- 
comes largely automatic. The mind at 
first is fixed on the petty details. A 
hundred adjustments and _ readjust- 
ments must be made in the early stages 
of a long journey, on foot, awheel or 
in a car. But the mind is at least re- 
leased. The landscape supplies obser- 
vations and ideas. The naturalist will 
see new things. But unless one knows 
botany, geology, ornithology—the diffi- 
culty is to keep constantly engaged in 
observing, picking out new adventures 
for the mind. A few deep pages of 
classic literature can be worked into 
the mind, or a problem in geometry, or 
a verse of high poetry—and things 
learned under the circumstances of the 
highway tourist becomes an integral 
part of one’s equipment. I have in my 
own experience, found practically my 
whole living in the countles observa- 
tions and ideas that spring from 
them. 
Commercial travelers, business men, 
doctors, attorneys—all kinds of men, 
perhaps, have told me that the oppor- 
tunities of touring and life on the high- 
ways are such as to make it feasible 
to convert a mere tramp across country 
into an expedition of learning. The 
reason a walk or ride across country 
becomes difficult and nerve-wracking 
after the first week or ten days may be 
due to the mind’s hunger—shaken loose 
from its normal routines, the genius 
seeks for a time in vain for full advan- 
tages. Accordingly, the tourist on foot 
or in a house car may weil be sure to 
Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. 
add a few ounces, at least, of reading— 
learning—that long has been neglected. 
This is especially emphasized for those 
who walk, and are sure frequently, to 
find themselves sitting beside the high- 
way, resting. Those moments are cru- 
cial; mere idleness does not rest a 
tramper; he must have something 
definite to think about, though it is 
merely vain sequence of imaginary ad- 
ventures. Better a page of substantial, 
desired reading of weight, as in Tho- 
reau’s Walden, or a book of geology, or 
of botany, or of history, than wasted 
minutes, or hours of unsatisfactory, 
undisciplined reading. I had to learn 
this in my first years of wandering, on 
foot and in skiffs and on a bicycle. Ac- 
cordingly, I suggest it in this section. 
Thick soled shoes, a pack that fits 
the back, splint basket, army pack, 
leather pack, the opportunity for choice 
is wide. The straps over the shoulders 
should be rather wide, and the best 
ones are heavy cotton rather than 
leather, which is apt to change shape 
in rain or sweat, upon being greased 
when hard, or stretched when strained. 
Woolen is generally recommended 
for trampers. Thin woolen suits of 
underwear save one chills and in the 
desert or high altitudes fend off heat, 
as well as cold. The feet are always 
difficult to take care of, and one had 
better watch them for the first signs of 
strain or blister. 
Some travelers on foot or in cars buy 
cheap underwear, shirts, overalls, and 
throw them away when they become 
soiled. Others carry a pair of extra 
socks in their hip pockets. Some confine 
their dishes to a folding cup. The more 
experienced a traveler, the more he hesi- 
tates to tell the other fellow what to 
carry, what not to take, or how to do 
things. 
Every one comes to some kind of a 
routine, gathers an equipment that is 
almost—never exactly — satisfactory, 
and the old timer attains to a degree 
of skill and opportunity realized, sur- 
prising to contemplate. A friend of 
mine rigged a cart, with wheels, in 
which was loaded a complete outfit. 
With this, four people—two couples— 
walked from coast to coast. When one 
of the strollers cut her foot, the other 
three loaded her on the wagon, and 
hauled her along for a week or two. 
Two or three large dogs, in harness 
would pull such an outfit—but dogs 
must be fed and watered. Live stock 
leads to burros and horses—a touring 
of another kind. | 
I suppose, mile for mile, first and last 
cost, the bicycle is the cheapest travel- 
ing there is. Western mountains, some 
eastern grades, make the bicycle man 
dismount, but even the deserts are 
traversed by hardy and prepared ad- 
venturers, who carry ample supplies of 
water, and the art of packing a bicycle, 
It will identify you. 
