Camping Tips:

If your means allow it, have a suit especially 
for the summer tour, and sufficiently in fashion 
to indicate that you are a traveller or camper. 

SHIRTS. 

Loose woollen shirts, of dark colors and with 
flowing collars, will probably always be the proper 
thing. Avoid gaudiness and too much trimming. 
Large pockets, one over each breast, are " handy ; " 
but they spoil the fit of the shirt, and are always 
wet from perspiration. I advise you to have the 
collar-binding of silesia, and fitted the same as 
on a cotton shirt, only looser ; then have a num- 
ber of woollen collars (of different styles if you 
choose), to button on in the same manner as a 
linen collar. You can thus keep your neck cool 
or warm, and can wash the collars, which soil so 
easily, without washing the whole shirt. The 
shirt should reach nearly to the knees, to prevent 
disorders in the stomach and bowels. There are 
many who will prefer cotton-and-wool goods to 
all-wool for shirts. The former do not shrink as 
much, nor are they as expensive, as the latter. 

DRAWERS. 

If you wear drawers, better turn them inside 
out, so that the seams may not chafe you. They 
must be loose. 

SHOES. 

You need to exercise more care in the selec-tion of shoes than of any other article of your 
outfit. Tight boots put an end to all pleasure, if 
worn on the march ; heavy boots or shoes, with 
enormously thick soles, will weary you ; thin 
boots will not protect the feet sufficiently, and 
are liable to burst or wear out ; Congress boots 
are apt to bind the cords of the leg, and thus 
make one lame ; short-toed boots or shoes hurt 
the toes ; loose ones do the same by allowing the 
foot to slide into the toe of the boot or shoe ; 
low-cut shoes continually fill with dust, sand, or 
mud. 

For summer travel, I think you can find 
nothing better than brogans reaching above the 
ankles, and fastening by laces or buttons as you 
prefer, but not so tight as to bind the cords of 
the foot. See that they bind nowhere except 
upon the instep. The soles should be wide, and 
the heels wide and low (about two and three^ 
quarter inches wide by one inch high) ; have 
soles and heels well filled with iron nails. Be 
particular not to have steel nails, which slip so 
badly on the rocks. 

Common brogans, such as are sold in every 
country-store, are the next best things to walk 
in ; but it is hard to find a pair that will fit a dif- 
ficult foot, and they readily let in dust and earth. 

Whatever you wear, bresik them in well, and 
oil the tops thoroughly with neaf 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. 

Wool 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.