advise you to have the collar-binding of silesia, and fitted the same as
on a cotton shirt, only looser; then have a number 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 selection 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