r that will fit a
difficult foot, and they readily let in dust and earth.

Whatever you wear, break them in well, and oil the tops thoroughly with
neat's-foot oil before you start; and see that there are no nails,
either in sight or partly covered, to cut your feet.

False soles are a good thing to have if your shoes will admit them: they
help in keeping the feet dry, and in drying the shoes when they are wet.

Woollen or merino stockings are usually preferable to cotton, though for
some feet cotton ones are by far the best. Any darning should be done
smoothly, since a bunch in the stocking is apt to bruise the skin.

PANTALOONS.

Be sure to have the trousers loose, and made of rather heavier cloth
than is usually worn at home in summer. They should be cut high in the
waist to cover the stomach well, and thus prevent sickness.

The question of wearing "hip-pants," or using suspenders, is worth some
attention. The yachting-shirt by custom is worn with hip-pantaloons, and
often with a belt around the waist; and this tightening appears to do no
mischief to the majority of people. Some, however, find it very
uncomfortable, and others are speedily attacked by pains and indigestion
in consequence of having a tight waist. If you are in the habit of
wearing suspenders, do not change now. If you do not like to wear them
over the shirt, you can wear them over a light under-shirt, and have the
suspender straps come through small holes in the dress-shirt. In that
case cut the holes low enough so that the dress-shirt will fold over the
top of the trousers, and give the appearance of hip-pantaloons. If you
undertake to wear the suspenders next to the skin, they will gall you. A
fortnight's tramping and camping will about ruin a pair of trousers:
therefore it is not well to have them made of any thing very expensive.

Camping offers a fine opportunity to wear out old clothes, and to throw
them away when you have done with them. You can send home by mail or
express your soiled underclothes that are too good to lose or to be
washed by your unskilled hands.

CHAPTER V.

STOVES AND COOKING-UTENSILS.

If you have a permanent camp, or if moving you have wagon-room enough,
you will find a stove to be most valuable property. If your party is
large it is almost a necessity.

For a permanent camp you can generally get something second-hand at a
stove-dealer's or the junk-shop. For the march you will need a stove of
sheet