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34 THROUGH NORWAY WITII A KNAPSACK.
to do duty as a night-shirt, B is resumed in the
morning, in order that A may go to the wash as B did
the day before.
Many suppose than an overcoat is necessary when
travelling in a mountainous country; this is another
popular fallacy. The shirt off is always at hand to do
duty when extra warmth is required. Every article,
and every part of every article, of clothing should be
woollen: coat, vest, and trowsers, of flannel-cloth, the
linings of thin Welsh flannel. This may appear warm
for summer costume, but is less so than it seems. In
hot weather, the waistcoat should not be worn, but
kept in the knapsack as a reserve for the cool morning
and evening, or the mountain heights; the extra shirt
is invaluable when benighted on a mountain, and
compelled to sleep upon a rock. Three pairs of
Shetland-wool socks are required under these circumstances;
two pairs on the feet for extra warmth, and one pair
on the hands as mittens. One pair on and two pairs off,
is therefore the requisite supply of socks, which, of
course, are to be washed at the same laundry as the
shirts.
I have tried the arrangement above recommended,
and also that of carrying three or four shirts and
depending upon laundresses; in every respect, including
the saving of time, the one-on-and-one-off principle is
the best. A whole day may often be wasted in waiting
for the washing of shirts. Collars ai’e not quite so
easily e: got up." I have managed by first washing
the collar, then doubling it with two or three layers
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