TOURING AFOOT TOURING AFOOT BY DR. C. P. FORDYCE [Illustration: OUTING HANDBOOKS] NUMBER 52 [Illustration: colphon] NEW YORK OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY MCMXVI Copyright, 1916, by OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I HITTING THE TRAIL 9 II GOING IN “LIGHT” 19 III WOODS WALKING WITH A PACK 26 IV MAP READING 36 V PACKS AND PACKING 47 VI FOOTWEAR 63 VII EFFICIENT CRUISING SHELTERS 76 VIII CAMP MAKING 92 IX THE OUTDOOR BED QUESTION 100 X CHOOSING THE LIGHT WEIGHT MESS KIT 116 XI THE RATION LIST 123 XII HEALTH HINTS FOR HIKERS 139 XIII WINTER TRAVEL AFOOT 155 APPENDIX 167 TOURING AFOOT CHAPTER I HITTING THE TRAIL Walking tours are popularly supposed to be feasible chiefly for those to whom this method of travel is incidental to their occupation--timber cruisers, landlookers, prospectors, game wardens and trappers of the North--men who daily match themselves against the forces of Nature. To the average city man rarely does it occur that by substituting walking, our most natural means of locomotion--even if carried no farther than the daily to and from business trip--for the rapid transportation perfected in our modern industrial life he can attain better business efficiency and an increased physical and mental well being.