more
spare clothing, an axe, and try to have a larger tent than the
"shelter."

If the body of the wagon has high sides, it will not be a very difficult
task to make a cloth cover that will shed water, and you will then have
what is almost as good as a tent: you can also put things under the
wagon. You must have a cover of some sort for your wagon-load while on
the march, to prevent injury from showers that overtake you, and to keep
out dust and mud. A tent-fly will answer for this purpose.

You want also to carry a few carriage-bolts, some nails, tacks, straps,
a hand-saw, and axle-wrench or monkey-wrench. I have always found use
for a sail-needle and twine; and I carry them now, even when I go for a
few days, and carry all on my person.

The first drawback that appears, when you begin to plan for a horse and
wagon, is the expense. You can overcome this in part by adding members
to your company; but then you meet what is perhaps a still more serious
difficulty,--the management of a large party.

Another inconvenience of large numbers is that each member must limit
his baggage. You are apt to accumulate too great bulk for the wagon,
rather than too great weight for the horse.

Where there are many there must be a captain,--some one that the others
are responsible to, and who commands their respect. It is necessary that
those who join such a party should understand that they ought to yield
to him, whether they like it or not.

The captain should always consult the wishes of the others, and should
never let selfish considerations influence him. Every day his decisions
as to what the party shall do will tend to make some one dissatisfied;
and although it is the duty of the dissatisfied ones to yield, yet,
since submission to another's will is so hard, the captain must try to
prevent any "feeling," and above all to avoid even the appearance of
tyranny.

System and order become quite essential as our numbers increase, and it
is well to have the members take daily turns at the several duties; and
during that day the captain must hold each man to a strict performance
of his special trust, and allow no shirking.

After a few days some of the party will show a willingness to accept
particular burdens all of the time; and, if these burdens are the more
disagreeable ones, the captain will do well to make the detail
permanent.

Nothing tends to make ill feeling more than having to do another's work;
and, where there ar