too tight nor too loose, so that wet or dry weather may not affect it
too much.

I beg you to clean and wash your dishes as soon as you have done using
them, instead of leaving them till the next meal. Remember to take
dishcloths and towels, unless your all is a frying-pan and coffee-pot
that you are carrying upon your back, when leaves and grass must be made
to do dishcloth duty.




CHAPTER VII.

MARCHING.[7]


It is generally advised by medical men to avoid violent exercise
immediately after eating. They are right; but I cannot advise you to
rest long, or at all, after breakfast, but rather to finish what you
could not do before the meal, and get off at once while it is early and
cool. Do not hurry or work hard at first if you can avoid it.

On the march, rest often whether you feel tired or not; and, when
resting, see that you do rest.

The most successful marching that I witnessed in the army was done by
marching an hour, and resting ten minutes. You need not adhere strictly
to this rule: still I would advise you to halt frequently for
sight-seeing, but not to lie perfectly still more than five or ten