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 =====Hymn of hate=====
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-By Graco Edg6combc,.
+By Grace Edgecombe
-Oh, how I hate the race of packs; I'd like to hit mine with an a;i:e. I'd like to bust it right in two,
-Or beet it till it's black and blue! I'd like to fling it in the sea, Or jump upon it, savagely
+Oh, how I hate the race of packs;\\
-How dare it sit and mock at me, Knowing that it must carried be?
+I'd like to hit mine with an axe.\\
-How dare it grin, with beastly bulge, And naught but ribald mirth divulge? And does it feed upon the air, That it grows daily heavier? Or slyly suck my puuy
+I'd like to bust it right in two,\\
-And take my breadth, an taco but length?
+Or beet it till it's black and blue!
-Just watch it try tu break my neck, Using me as a lalidirg-do c:,g
+\\I'd like to fling it in the sea,
-Pompous pincushion Loeh3omc4 lump! I vow you neter again I'll hump
+\\Or jump upon it, savagely!\\
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+How dare it sit and mock at me,\\
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+Knowing that it must carried be?\\
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+How dare it grin, with beastly bulge,\\
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+And naught but ribald mirth divulge?\\
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+And does it feed upon the air,\\
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+That it grows daily heavier?\\
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+Or slyly suck my puny strength\\
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+And take my breadth, and leave but length?\\
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+Just watch it try to break my neck,\\
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+Using me as a landing-deck\\
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+Pompous pincushion! Loathsome lump!\\
-...._,
+I vow you ne'er again I'll hump\\
-J., /0/ ,e
-A POINT TO REMEEBER
+**A POINT TO REMEMBER**
-If you carry an iron-frame rucksack, remember to take it off before trying
+If you carry an iron-frame rucksack, remember to take it off before trying to get an accurate reading with a prismatic compass. Experiments have shown that an iron frame on your back would alter the compass reading by as much as three degrees.
-to get an accurate reading with a prismatic compass. Experiments have shown that an iron frame on your back would alter the compass-reading by as much as three
-degrees.
+For the ordinary, rough and ready compass reading needed to follow a route, you can forget about the pull on your compass caused by your pack
-For the ordinary, rough and ready compass-reading needed to follow a route, you can forget about the pull on your compass caused by your pack
-- 10-
+=====From here there and everywhere=====
-FROM HERT,!_,_ THEL.F.E A-NJ), EVERYIkHER.E._
 In a booklet called - "Organised One-day, Week-end and Vacation Hiking Trips
 in North-eastern States" - published by The Hiking Trips Bureau of Hokokus, New Jersey, U.S.A., we found the following quotation from the bulletin of an inland (U.S.A.) hiking club: