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Show j i Mcndln Day jn Labrador. j .Tho following morning Duncan n I nounced it would lin necoesary f"f him to mend his seaJsMn boots bn'i-o beginning t a dasJwork. He b id j pretty nearly wornjthem out on "e, shai p rocks on the portages, i ue ,r!et of us wero wellmrovlded with -H . tunned moccasins fjsomotlmes r.iiMU j Inrlgana or shoepapks). which x pei fence has taugHj 3 are the l -t fqotwear f ' - a Journey like u.s Pete's khaki trousersj wpro hadl ' in ftlio day bofo e by the brush and '-re prity rag? l. nndljjie wished t io to mend tlu i. so iTga a the m-1 a llttlo while In which tp make neces- iry . repairs befc o breaking camp, nu-h-ard and Bas'in woretplPklnaw turns-ers. turns-ers. This cloth had sot withstood the hard usage of I.abrndbr travel a week, and both tr.". w-heaithV hRl1 " 8pare Iv r, occupt d It In sewing on canvas patches, un' 1 now there was almost as much ca-ivas paiph as Mackinaw clnth In tl se gaajnents. ntchard, however, ca 'ed an ftxtr'' pair of mole-TRtfrtrWis4m. mole-TRtfrtrWis4m. and-liret.wolMltnt; This latter Material Is the best obtainable, ob-tainable, so far a rv expei fence grs, for rr ii travel!" In the hush, and my tro ers stood 'ne trip with but one sma'' patch until winter came. -Dillon Wa 'ice In "The Ixmg Labrador Lab-rador TihII,' In The Outing Maga- ilne. . .... ii |