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THE PEDESTRIAN’S LAUNDRY.
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Unhook your knapsack at a cosy nook by the
waterside, take out shirt 13, and wash it in the stream. At
first, the washing of one’s own shirt appears a great
undertaking, but the difficulty soon vanishes. A flannel
shirt that has only been worn one day and cue night,
merely requires a little soaping under the armpits, at
the neck, and wristbands; a little scrubbing, beating,
rinsing, and wringing in the pure water, is sufficient
for the rest. When this is done, spread out the shirt
on the grass, and take your bath. If merely a shallow
brook or torrent is available, lie down flat upon the
pebbles or between the boulders, and let the water flow
over you for a quarter of an hour or so. By the
time that you are dressed, your shirt will be half dry
if you wrung it out skilfully. To complete the drying,
tie it to your knapsack, and let it dangle and wave
behind you for an hour or so as you walk on.
Now let it be 5 p.m. of the same day. You are hot,
and just sufficiently tired to enjoy the luxury of repose ;
you retire to the adjoining field, or into the forest,
to dress for dinner, by taking off shirt A and pulling
on shirt B. You revel in its freshness, for it savours
to the skin of the sweet clear water it was washed in;
you spread out shirt A, to ventilate till the perspiration
it has absorbed has passed away, make up your diary,
lie flat upon your back, and look through the branches
of the trees into the blue infinity above, build castles
in that region for half an hour or so, then pack up
shirt A, and do the last stage of your journey at a
rattling pace in the cool evening. Shirt A is changed
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