NOTES ON FOREIGN OUTFITS
Enquiries and frequent requests for information has led me to give the following abbreviated notes which it is hoped
may be found of some slight service to those who may be going abroad. I shall, however, be most pleased to give
fuller particulars, and to answer all questions at any time on the subject, and to furnish estimates if desired.
- Valuable information can be obtained from those who have lived in the country you may be going to, and should
be sought.
- Now-a-days the ordering of an outfit is not a very great business, for the means of communication are fairly
rapid, and you can order by post from England. It is well, however, to take with you such articles which are best
obtained here, but certain things can frequently be procured of more suitable design abroad.
- Take as little as you can, the usual tendency being to take too much. In many instances it is preferable to wait
and get things by degrees, than to load oneself with extra luggage.
- Every package should have a list made of its contents.
- You should allow one shirt a day for the voyage, and take all your old ones with you for this purpose.
- Woollen materials which have to be washed should have a good margin allowed for shrinkage.
- Socks must be full-sized or they will not wear well. Cotton is not recommended, but spun silk can be taken for
evening wear.
- In tropical countries it is imperative that the head be kept cool and the feet warm, whilst a cholera belt should
always be worm, which be careful not to leave off.
- Always wear drawers, even in hottest weather, either of wide-cut longcloth or woven gauze.
- A spine protector made of flannel should be provided for the tropics with an interlining of red flannel,
which colour lessens the effects of the fiercest of the sun's rays.
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