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a pedestrian’s outfit.
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of white blotting-paper between, and the same outside,
and then putting it in a book and sitting on it. Such
a collar is not quite up to the Pall-Mali standard, but
may pass. It, however, is not worth while to carry
blotting-paper for this purpose, as a half-dozen collars
weigh so little, and collars are not required at all on
the road. A pedestrian should always carry a pair
of forceps for the extraction of thorns, some lint and
plaster, and a few yards of broad tape for bandage
in case of mishap, such as a sprained ancle or the like.
These are not the only surgical instruments required,
for needles, thread, and buttons, are necessary for
healing the wounds to which clothing is especially
liable from rough climbing. A light thin oiled silk
cape, to be worn over the knapsack, is very useful in
wet weather; it protects the shoulders and the upper
half of the arms, which are liable to chronic
rheumatism if long exposed to the contact of wet clothes.
These, with soap, towel, comb, tooth-brush, a strong
knife, scissors, maps, guide-books, and a stout stick,
with a long iron spike at the end, a note-book, and
sketching materials, are nearly all that the pedestrian
requires. In Norway his walking-stick may be a
fishing-rod, and he will do well to carry some artificial
flies for presents to the farmers : but of this hereafter.
Walked through Lillehammer (or little ham), which is
a large village or small town, with broad and remarkably
clean streets, large wooden houses, bright windows, with
white frames and lace curtains. There is scarcely a
window in the main street that is not filled with flowers
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