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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: Vacation Camping for Girls - -Author: Jeannette Augustus Marks - -Release Date: July 13, 2017 [EBook #55110] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VACATION CAMPING FOR GIRLS *** - - - - -Produced by readbueno, Mary Svela, Harry Lamé and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net -(This file was produced from images generously made -available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="tnbox"> - -<p class="center">Please see the <a href="#TN">Transcriber’s Notes</a> at the end of this text.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="scr"> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/cover_sm.jpg" alt="cover" width="400" height="579" /> -</div> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h1>VACATION CAMPING<br /> -FOR GIRLS</h1> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="titpage"> - -<div class="boxin"> - -<p class="center fsize250 blankbefore15"><b>VACATION<br /> -CAMPING FOR<br /> -GIRLS</b></p> - -<p class="center highline2 blankbefore15">By<br /> -<span class="fsize150">JEANNETTE MARKS</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/logofish.jpg" alt="fish" width="175" height="131" /> -</div> - -<p class="center fsize80 highline2 gesp1">ILLUSTRATED</p> - -<p class="center blankbefore2">NEW YORK AND LONDON<br /> -D. APPLETON AND COMPANY<br /> -1913</p> - -</div><!--boxin--> - -</div><!--titpage--> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p class="center blankbefore2 fsize80"><span class="smcap">Copyright, 1913, by</span><br /> -D. APPLETON AND COMPANY</p> - -<p class="center blankbefore2 fsize80">Copyright, 1912, by <span class="smcap">David C. Cook Publishing Company</span></p> - -<p class="center blankbefore2">Printed in the United States of America</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h2>CONTENTS</h2> - -<table class="toc" summary="toc"> - -<tr> -<th colspan="2" class="left fsize80">CHAPTER</th> -<th class="right fsize80 padr2">PAGE</th> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">I.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Camping Check Lists</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page1">1</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">II.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Camp Clothes</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page13">13</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">III.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Food</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page24">24</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">IV.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Cook and Cookee</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page37">37</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">V.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Log-Cabin Cookery</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page46">46</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">VI.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">The Place to Camp</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page68">68</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">VII.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Camp Fires</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page77">77</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">VIII.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Other Smoke</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page87">87</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">IX.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Fitting Up the Camp for Use</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page94">94</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">X.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">The Pocketbook</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page107">107</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">XI.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">The Camp Dog</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page118">118</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">XII.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">The Outdoor Training School</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page127">127</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">XIII.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">The Camp Habit</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page139">139</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">XIV.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Camp Cleanliness</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page147">147</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">XV.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Wood Culture and Camp Health</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page157">157</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">XVI.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Wilderness Silence</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page171">171</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">XVII.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Home-made Camping</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page181">181</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">XVIII.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">The Canoe and Fishing</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page193">193</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">XIX.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">The Trail</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page209">209</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="chapno">XX.</td> -<td class="chapname"><span class="smcap">Camp Don’ts</span></td> -<td class="pageno"><a href="#Page221">221</a></td> -</tr> - -</table> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h2>LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS</h2> - -<table class="toc" summary="loi"> - -<tr> -<th colspan="2" class="right padr2 fsize80">PAGE</th> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig1">Camp Footgear</a></td> -<td class="pageno">15</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig2">A Group of Camp Utensils</a></td> -<td class="pageno">33</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig3">Nessmuk Range and Small Cook Fire</a></td> -<td class="pageno">79</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig4">Sleeping Bags and Camp Cot</a></td> -<td class="pageno">99</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig5">A Group of Tents</a></td> -<td class="pageno">109</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig6">Bough Lean-to and Frame</a></td> -<td class="pageno">113</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig7">Some Game and Water Birds</a></td> -<td class="pageno">131</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig8">Birds Every Camper Should Know</a></td> -<td class="pageno">135</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig9">Leaves of Familiar Trees</a></td> -<td class="pageno">137</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig10">Some Common Fish</a></td> -<td class="pageno">199</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig11">Fishing Tackle</a></td> -<td class="pageno">201</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig12">Rod Case, Tackle Case, Net and Creel</a></td> -<td class="pageno">205</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig13">Angling Knots</a></td> -<td class="pageno">207</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig14">The Dipper</a></td> -<td class="pageno">213</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig15">Moose, Buck, Doe, Fawn and Caribou</a></td> -<td class="pageno">215</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="illoname"><a href="#Fig16">Animals the Camper May Meet</a></td> -<td class="pageno">217</td> -</tr> - -</table> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page1">[1]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center fsize200 highline2"><b>VACATION CAMPING<br /> -FOR GIRLS</b></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h2>CHAPTER I<br /> -<span class="fsize80">CAMPING CHECK LISTS</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">T</span><span class="startword0">here</span> are some considerations in -camping which are staple; that -is, questions and needs all of us -have to meet, just as there are staple foods -which all of us must have. No one knows -better than the old camper, who has shaken -down his ideas, theories, practices, year after -year in the experiment of camping how true -this is. If one is wise, one goes well prepared -even into the simple life of the woods -or mountains or lakes; and it is in a practical -way, and under three so-called check -lists, (1) camp clothes, (2) camp food, and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page2">[2]</a></span> -(3) camp equipment, that I wish to tell you -something about camp life for girls.</p> - -<p>From the point of view of clothes there -are two kinds of camping: one more or less -civilized, the other “rough.” In the first -perhaps we shall be allowed a small -box or trunk. In the second we have to -depend entirely upon a duffle bag or a knapsack. -To the camper who plans for a good -many comforts, there is only one warning -to be given: don’t be foolish and take finery -of any sort with you. Not only will it be -in the way, but also a girl does not look well -in the woods dressed in clothes that belong -to the home life of town or city.</p> - -<p>There is an appropriate garb for the wilderness -even as there is the right gown for -an afternoon tea. Except for this warning, -what you will put in your trunk will be simply -an extension of the comforts which you -have in duffle bag or knapsack.</p> - -<p>As the capacity of duffle bag or knapsack<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page3">[3]</a></span> -is very limited, the check lists for its contents -must be made out with rigid economy. -The most important item is foot gear. A -well-made pair of medium weight boots, -carefully tanned, drenched with mutton tallow, -viscol, neat’s-foot oil, or some similar -waterproof substance, will prove the best for -all-round usefulness. These boots must be -broken in or worn before the camping expedition -is undertaken. Nothing is so foolish -as to start out in a new pair. Have in -addition to the boots a pair of soft indoor -moccasins. These are good to loaf around -camp in. They are grateful to tired feet, -and, rolled, take up but little space in the -knapsack. To the boots and moccasins add -from two to four pairs of hole-proof stockings -of some reliable make. If you can get -a really first-class stocking and are crowded -for space, two pairs will do. One goes on -to your feet and the other into your knapsack. -There should also be several combination<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page4">[4]</a></span> -suits, preferably of two weights, high -necked, and with shoulder and knee caps.</p> - -<p>Now, see that the skirt you wear is of -durable material; blue serge or tweed (corduroy -is often too heavy); that it has been -thoroughly shrunk, and is six inches off the -ground anyway. Twelve would be better. -Your skirt should be provided with ample -pockets; the sweater and jacket also. Under -the skirt wear a pair of bloomers, the -lighter and slimsier they are, the better; and -the stouter the material, the more practical -for wear. I have tried many kinds, and believe -percaline which is light, strong, slimsy -and washable, the best. Silk is not suitable -at all. A flannel shirt waist or blouse, a -windsor or string tie, a soft felt hat with a -sufficiently wide brim, but not too wide, complete -your costume.</p> - -<p>Into the knapsack put two coarse handkerchiefs, -a silk neckerchief to tie around your -neck, the stockings and combination suit already<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page5">[5]</a></span> -mentioned, a string of safety pins -clipped one into another, a toothbrush, tubes -of cold cream and tooth paste (tubes take -up the least room and are the easiest to -carry), a cotton shirtwaist, a nail file, comb, -small bottle of the best cascara sagrada tablets, -a pair of cotton gloves for rough work, -a cake of castile soap, a towel, a stiff nail -brush, <i>and, if you are wise</i>, a book for -leisure hours, preferably an anthology of -poems or a collection of essays which will -afford food for reflection.</p> - -<p>In your preparations let it be the rule to -strip away every unnecessary article. Take -pride in getting your kit down to the absolute -minimum. Keep weeding out what you -don’t need, and then after that, weed out -again.</p> - -<p>The same principle of rigid economy in -selection will obtain in the check list for -food. It is the minimum of expense in the -woods that will bring the maximum of comfort.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page6">[6]</a></span> -In arranging for the “duffle” to be -taken with you there is one thing that can be -counted upon with mathematical certainty: -hunger. You are going to be hungrier than -you have been in a long time. The problem -is, then, how to tote enough food and <i>get</i> -enough food to supply your wants. The -carriage, the keeping, the nutritive value, all -these things have to be taken into consideration -in wood life. At home we have fresh -vegetables, fresh fruits, fresh meats in -abundance. How can we supply these things -for our camp table? We can’t! But desiccated -potatoes, dried apples, apricots, -prunes, peaches, white and yellow-eye beans, -dried lima beans, peas, whole or split, onions, -rice, raisins, nuts, white and graham flour, -corn meal, pilot biscuit, rolled oats, cream of -wheat, cocoa (leave coffee and tea at home), -sweet chocolate, syrup for flapjacks, baking -soda, sugar, salt, a few candles (helpful for -lighting a fire in wet weather, as well as good<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page7">[7]</a></span> -for illumination), matches, molasses, a little -olive oil—all these things, with careful planning, -we may have in abundance. To these -items you should add good butter—the best -salted butter is none too good—some cans of -condensed milk and evaporated milk and -cream, and a flitch of bacon. Meat makes -a dirty camp, and a dirty camp means -skunks and hedgehogs prowling around. In -a properly thought-out dietary it will be entirely -unnecessary to tote meat. All that is -needed for use you can get at the end of -your fish rod or through the barrel of your -shotgun, and upon the freshness of what you -catch or shoot you can depend. Dr. Breck, -in his “Way of the Woods,” says that if he -were obliged to choose between bacon and -dried apples and chocolate, he would always -take the apples and chocolate. Both portage -and health will be served by avoiding the -carriage of a lot of tin cans. The ration of -each article needed you can work out with<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page8">[8]</a></span> -your mother or housekeeper, according to -the number of people to be in the party, -the menus you plan, and the length of your -stay. For a cooler for your food, you will -find a wire bait box, sunk in clean running -water, excellent. The question of grub, or -duffle, as it is called in camp life, in proper -variety, abundance and freshness, is the most -difficult question of all. To this problem a -seasoned camper will give his closest attention.</p> - -<p>There are other articles, plus the food -stuffs, which we must add to our check lists—chiefly -articles of equipment. Two or -three pails nesting into each other, a tin reflector -baker for outdoor cooking, enamel-ware -plates, cups and bowls, pans, dishpans, -dishmop, chain pot-cleaner, double boiler, -broiler, knives, forks, spoons, pepper and salt -shakers, flour sifter, rotary can opener, long-handled -and short-handled fry pans, a carving -knife and a fish knife. The cost of these<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page9">[9]</a></span> -things carefully bought, will be about six -dollars. There should also be in your kit -some nails and a hatchet, toilet paper, -woolen blankets, mosquito netting (tarlatan -is better), twine, tacks, oilcloth for camp -table, and some fly dope.</p> - -<p>With these articles, plus a little knowledge -of woodcraft, there is almost no wilderness -into which a capable girl cannot go and make -an attractive home. But a little woodcraft -we must know; the rest we can learn as we -go. There is one fuel in the woods which -skillfully used will kindle any fire, even a -wet fire, and that is birch bark. You can -always get an inner layer of dry birch bark -from a tree. Keep a check list of different -kinds of wood and have it handy until you -learn these woods for yourself. Brush tops -or slashings will help to start a quick blaze. -Hickory is fine for a quiet hot fire. The -green woods which burn readily are white -and black birch, ash, oak and hard maple.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page10">[10]</a></span> -Look for pitch, which you are most likely -to find in old trees, and that will always help -out and start any fire. Woods that snap, -such as hemlock, spruce, cedar and larch, are -not to be recommended for camp fires, as a -rule. To be careless or stupid about the -camp fire may be to endanger the lives not -only of thousands of wild creatures in the -wilderness, but also the lives of human beings.</p> - -<p>Be careful to have pure water to drink. -You cannot be too careful. If you are in -doubt about the water, don’t drink it, or at -least not until it has been thoroughly boiled. -Take with you, besides those I give, a few -useful recipes for cooking experiments. They -will bring pleasure and variety on dull days. -Choose a good place for your cabin or shack -or tent, whichever you use, especially a place -where the natural drainage is good. Know -before you set out whether black flies, mosquitoes -and midges have to be encountered<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page11">[11]</a></span> -and go prepared to meet them. They are -sure to meet you more than halfway. Don’t -take any risks on land or water. The people -who know the way of the woods best are -those who are least foolhardy. Common -sense is the law that reigns in the wilderness, -and, in having our good time, we cannot -do better than to follow that law.</p> - -<p>So much for skeleton check lists, many of -which, in the chapters to come, at the cost -of repetition, I shall amplify. Among the -questions which I shall take up are the all-important -ones of camp clothes, camp food, -cooking, the place, camp fires, furnishing the -camp, the pocketbook, the camp dog, the outdoor -training school, the camp habit, wood -culture, camp health, camp friendship, homemade -camping, the canoe, fishing, and the -trail. This great, big, beautiful country of -ours is full of girls, real <span class="smcap">Camp Fire Girls</span>, -who love the keen air of out of doors and -the smell of wood smoke and the freedom of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page12">[12]</a></span> -hill and lake and plain, and to them I want -my little book to come home and to be a -camp manual which will go with them on all -journeys into the wilderness.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page13">[13]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER II<br /> -<span class="fsize80">CAMP CLOTHES</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">I</span><span class="startword0">f</span> you have been camping once, there is -no need for any one to help you decide -what wearing apparel to take -the next time. Through the mistakes made -and the discomforts involved, the girl will -have learned her lesson too well to forget it. -But there is always the girl who has not been -camping. It is chiefly for her benefit that I -am writing these chapters on camp life for -girls.</p> - -<p>In the first place, there are two kinds of -camp clothes to be considered, for there are -two kinds of camping: (1) the expedition -which permits taking a box or trunk with -you, and (2) the rougher camping that allows -only the carrying of a duffle bag or a -knapsack. If you are limited to a knapsack<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page14">[14]</a></span> -or a duffle bag, your kit must be of the most -concentrated sort and chosen with the greatest -care. You will find ten or fifteen pounds -the most you wish to tote long distances, although -at the beginning this size of pack may -seem like nothing at all to you. As I have -found personally, even seven pounds, with -day after day of tramping, may make an unaccustomed -shoulder ache under the strap.</p> - -<div class="plate w450" id="Fig1"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter nomargin"> -<img src="images/illo015a.png" alt="shoe" width="118" height="268" /> -<p class="caption">MOCCASIN<br />BOOT</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter nomargin"> -<img src="images/illo015b.png" alt="shoe" width="137" height="119" class="padtop30p" /> -<p class="caption">TOBIQUE MOCCASIN</p> -<img src="images/illo015d.png" alt="shoe" width="143" height="57" class="padtop30p" /> -<p class="caption">HURON INDIAN<br />MOCCASINS</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<div class="figcenter allclear"> -<img src="images/illo015c.png" alt="shoe" width="185" height="181" /> -<p class="caption">MOCCASIN SHOE</p> -</div> - -<div class="split5050 allclear"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter nomargin"> -<img src="images/illo015e.png" alt="shoe" width="222" height="133" /> -<p class="caption">MECCOMOC OXFORD</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter nomargin"> -<img src="images/illo015f.png" alt="shoe" width="190" height="161" /> -<p class="caption">ELKSKIN MOCCASIN</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p>If you are to be limited to a small duffle -bag, or a fairly capacious knapsack, what -are the articles of clothing without which no -girl can start? Let us take up the most important -item first, and that is foot-gear. -Wear a well-made pair of medium weight -boots, thoroughly tanned, soaked with viscol, -or rubbed with mutton tallow both on -the inside and the outside, to make them -waterproof. <i>Never start out with a new -pair of boots on your feet.</i> If necessary, get -your boots weeks beforehand, and wear them -from time to time till they are thoroughly<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page15">[15]</a><br /><a id="Page16">[16]</a></span> -comfortable. In addition to these boots -which you wear, take a soft pair of indoor -moccasins. These can be worn when you -are tired and loafing around camp, or while -the guide is drying or greasing your boots. -If you have ever worn moccasins and are -going to tramp in a moccasin country, that is, -a country of forest trails and ponds, then -buy a pair of heavy outdoor moccasins; larrigans -or ankle-moccasins are best. These -should not be too snug. Worn over a heavy -cotton stocking, or a light woolen one, or -woolen stockings drawn over cotton, the -moccasin is the most ideal foot-gear the wilderness -world can ever know.<a id="FNanchor_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> Neat’s-foot -oil is also excellent for greasing moccasins. -Buy from two to four pairs of hole-proof<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page17">[17]</a></span> -stockings of some reliable make. If these -stockings are first class and can be depended -upon, two pairs will do. One pair you will -wear, the other goes into your knapsack. -Have also several combination suits, some -for your bag and one for your back. These -suits should be high-necked and with shoulder -and knee caps; of sufficient warmth for -cold days and nights; in any case porous and -of two weights.</p> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> If you have room take with you an extra pair of -shoes. When you have become a real woodswoman you -will never be without woolen socks and moccasins. The -thick, soft sole of sock and moccasin spare tender feet -which are not accustomed to hard tramping and rough -paths.</p></div> - -<p>If you are going to tramp in a skirt, as -you must if your route touches upon civilization, -<i>see that it is short</i>. Six inches off the -ground is none too much, and twelve is a -good deal better. In an outing of this sort -it is as poor form to wear a long skirt as it -would be to wear a short skirt at an afternoon -tea in civilization. The skirt should -be of some good quality khaki, army preferably, -or a tweed; it should be thoroughly -shrunk, and if it seems desirable, it should -be possible to put this camp skirt in water<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page18">[18]</a></span> -and wash it.<a id="FNanchor_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a> Have ample pockets on either -side of the front seams. If I had to choose -between the best of sweaters and a jacket -with a lot of pockets in it, I should always -choose the latter, and that is not on account -of the pockets alone, but because it is a more -convenient article of clothing. In case of -cold weather it affords better protection, also -better protection against rain as well as cold. -You can have it made with two outside -pockets and several inside—the more the -merrier. Underneath the skirt wear a pair -of bloomers. The lighter and stouter these -are, the more of a comfort they will be. I -have found a good quality of percaline to be -the best investment. Percaline is light, -strong, slimsy after a little wearing, and -washes well. I have never yet found a silk -that was practicable in the woods. Silk<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page19">[19]</a></span> -bloomers go well with the comforts of civilization, -but they are not fit to endure the test -of roughing it. A flannel shirtwaist or -blouse, a Windsor or string tie, a soft felt -hat—you may have it as pretty as you wish, -provided it is not too large or over trimmed—complete -the outfit which you carry on you, -so to speak.</p> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> You can buy an ideal hunting suit at any of the big -shops in Boston, New York or Chicago for from $8 to -$10.</p></div> - -<p>Now to return to the outfit you carry in -your pack and not on your back. A pair of -indoor moccasins, an extra pair of hole-proof -stockings (these you must have, not -only on account of a possible wetting, but -also because the stockings must be changed -every day, for you cannot take too good -care of your feet), two coarse handkerchiefs -of ample size, a silk neckerchief to tie -around your neck, an extra combination suit, -a few safety pins clipped one into another -until you have made a string of them, a tooth -brush, a little tube of cold cream and a tube -of tooth paste (the tubes are not breakable<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page20">[20]</a></span> -and take up the least room, they are therefore -the best to carry), a cotton or linen -shirtwaist of some kind, a nail file, a comb, -a small vial of cascara sagrada tablets, several -rolls of film for your camera—the -camera itself can be slung on a strap from -the knapsack—a pair of garden gloves for -rough work with sooty pots and kettles, a -good-sized cake of the best castile soap, a -towel, a good stiff nail brush, and one or two -books.</p> - -<p>Personally I feel that the books are as indispensable -as anything in the knapsack, for -in moments of weariness, or when storm-bound, -they prove the greatest comfort and -resource. The volume taken must not be a -novel which read through once one does not -care to read again. Better to take some -book over which you can or must linger. I -have tramped scores of miles with the “Oxford -Book of English Verse” in my knapsack, -and it has proved the greatest imaginable<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page21">[21]</a></span> -pleasure and solace. A small anthology -or a book of essays, or something -that you wish to study, as, for example, -guides about the birds or the trees or the -flowers, are good sorts of volumes to tote -with you—besides, of course, this camping -manual.</p> - -<p>Your kit for the rougher kind of camping, -provided you have guides or men folks -who will carry the food, or “grub,” as it is -called in camp parlance, and the blankets, is -now complete. But for the one girl who -goes on this rougher sort of camping expedition, -twenty go into the woods to be happy -in a quite civilized log cabin or shanty. -These girls will be taking a camp box with -them, or a trunk, and can add to their wardrobe. -There is no excuse, however, for adding -the wrong sort of thing. There is no -excuse for wearing unsuitable, unattractive -old rags about camp, clothes which have -served their civilized purpose and have no<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page22">[22]</a></span> -fitness for the wilderness life. Let me give -you one other word, from an old timer at -camping, about what you should wear. -<i>Don’t be foolish and put in any finery.</i> The -finery is as out of place in camp as your -camp boots would be at a garden party at -home. But several middy blouses, more -shoes, more stockings, another skirt, a number -of towels, a few more books—all will -prove just that much added food for pleasure; -first, last, and always, be comfortable in -camp. There is no reason for being uncomfortable -unless you enjoy discomfort. Anything, -however, over and above what you -actually need will be only a hindrance. -Those who go camping, if they go in the -right spirit, are looking for the simple life; -they want to get rid of paraphernalia, not to -add to it. To learn the happy art of living -close to nature, means stripping away unnecessary -things. There is no place in camp -life for fussiness or display of any sort. All<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page23">[23]</a></span> -that is beyond the daily need is so much litter -and clutter, making of camp life something -that is a burden, something that is untidy, -uncomfortable, confused. Of no thing -is this more true than of a girl’s camp -clothes.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page24">[24]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER III<br /> -<span class="fsize80">FOOD</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">T</span><span class="startword0">here</span> are several reasons why the -camp food is almost more important -than any other consideration. -To begin with, most girls are leading a more -active life than they are accustomed to living -at home. This makes them hungry, and, add -to the exercise the natural tonic of invigorating -air, the camper becomes fairly ravenous -at meal time. There are other reasons, -too, why food is an all-important question. -If one is in the real wilderness, it will -be difficult to get. One is obliged, therefore, -to consider carefully beforehand the kinds -of food necessary for a well-provided table -and a well-balanced diet. Another reason -for taking thought about this whole subject -is the portage. All the foods must be toted<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page25">[25]</a></span> -in, and not all kinds will prove suitable or -economical in the long run for this sort of -portage. Finally, there is the question of the -ways and means for keeping the food, after -it is once safely in camp, in good condition.</p> - -<p>As a rule, when we go on our expeditions -we leave regions where it is easy to get a -great variety of foods. The city or its suburb -or a comfortable country town, is the -place we call home. Our tables are filled -the year long with fresh vegetables, fresh -fruits, fresh meats, and all kinds of bread. -This dietary in all its variety, to which we -have been accustomed at home, is quite impossible -of realization in the camp. We -might just as well make up our minds to -that at once. Yet accustomed to vegetables -and fruits as we are, we need them both in -wholesome quantities. How shall we get -them? Potatoes of course, if the camping -expedition is for any length of time, that is -ten days or more, must be lugged. And lugging<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page26">[26]</a></span> -potatoes is heavy work over a trail. As -for the other vegetables and fruits, and even -meats, most people buy large quantities of -tinned articles and so get rid of the whole -question. Personally I think that this is a -great mistake. It was a delight to me to -find in Doctor Breck’s “Way of the Woods” -that he, if obliged to choose between bacon -and dried apples and chocolate, would always -choose the chocolate and dried apples. -And when the question of portage as well -as health enters in, it may be said right here -that it is quite impossible to carry a pack -full of tins. But aside from the comfort of -the guides, a tin-can camp is not likely to be -a wholesome one. I am convinced that tin-can -camping is responsible for whatever ills -people experience when they go into the -woods.</p> - -<p>It is quite simple to get different kinds of -dried vegetables and different kinds of dried -fruits—and the best are none too good—in<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page27">[27]</a></span> -bulk. At present there are even evaporated -potatoes on the market for campers. Such -dried foods pack and carry best and are most -wholesome. Both white and yellow eye -beans, dried lima beans, peas, whole and -split, onions, evaporated apples, dried -prunes, dried peaches and apricots, rice, -raisins, nuts of all kinds, lemons, oranges, -and even bananas, if they are sufficiently -green, can be quite easily taken into camp. -Various sorts of flour and meal, too, will be -needed. Find out how much it takes to -bake the bread at home and add that to the -length of your stay plus the number of the -campers and plus a little more than you actually -need, and you will be able to work out -the flour problem for yourselves. There -should be then white and graham flour, or -entire wheat, corn meal, pilot bread (memories -of toasted pilot bread in camp can -make one smile from recollected joy), some -rolled oats, cereals like cream of wheat<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page28">[28]</a></span> -which carries well, cooks easily, and is -hearty, and various sorts of crackers.</p> - -<p>Now the writer does not think meat necessary -in camp. Except for the fish caught and -the birds shot, none need be eaten. All the -meat element or proteid necessary is provided -for in the beans, peas, and nuts. But -it is well to take a flitch of bacon or a few -jars of it to use in broiling or frying the fish -or game. Pork and lard are entirely uncalled-for -in a properly thought out dietary.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page29">[29]</a></span><a -id="FNanchor_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> -Sufficient good fresh butter is very much -needed. If campers feel that they must have -other tinned meats, the best kinds to take are -the most expensive, ox tongue, and that sort -of thing. Several months ago four of us -started off on a ten days’ camping expedition -into a very northern wilderness unknown to -us. One of the party, needlessly ambitious, -took a preserved chicken in a glass jar -bought from the finest provision house in -Boston. By the time we reached our destination, -the chicken was anything but preserved. -Indeed, unless all signs failed, it had -already embarked upon a new incarnation. -No arm in the party was long enough to -carry it out and set it on a distant rock for -the skunks to visit. Nor shall I soon forget<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page30">[30]</a></span> -a certain meat ragout which we concocted in -a Canadian wilderness. We had the ragout, -but alas, we had a good deal else, too, including -a doctor who had to cover half a -county to reach us! Aside from the fact -that people who live in cities and towns eat -altogether too much meat, in camp there is -not only the question of its uselessness, but -also the fact that there are no ways to care -for it properly. Meat makes a dirty camp.<a id="FNanchor_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></p> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_3"></a><a href="#FNanchor_3"><span class="label">[3]</span></a> A brother camper says that he thinks even the fish -would feel neglected without pork. On the contrary, -trout are very sensitive to good bacon—in short, prefer -it to salt pork. If you do not believe this true fish -story, then catch two dozen half pound trout, slice your -bacon thin and draw off the bacon fat. Take out the -bacon, put the fat back into the frying pan—don’t burn -yourself—and pop in one-half dozen trout. After the -first mouthful you will find that my contention that -trout are most sensitive to bacon entirely true. Be sure -to put a little piece of bacon on that first bite. Following -that, all you have to do is to keep on biting -until your share of the two dozen trout is consumed. -Remarkable how those two dozen will fly—almost as if -the little fellows had turned into birds! The reason I -am opposed to pork and lard camping is that we all -know nowadays how diseased such meat may be. To -go into the woods for health and run any avoidable -risks is folly. Get a flitch of the best bacon and the -best bacon is Ferris bacon. From this you will get -enough fat for all frying purposes; also, in case you -use fat as a substitute for butter, there will be enough -bacon fat for cakes, etc.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_4"></a><a href="#FNanchor_4"><span class="label">[4]</span></a> I cannot emphasize too often the absolute importance -of keeping a <i>clean camp</i>. Mr. Rutger Jewett, to whom -this camping manual and its author are indebted for -many wise suggestions, thinks that it is not always -feasible to burn up everything. “Every camp,” he -writes, “has some empty tin cans. It seems to me that -the best plan in this case is to have a small trench dug, -far enough from the camp to avoid all disagreeable results -and yet not so far away that it is inaccessible. -Here cans and unburnable refuse from the kitchen can -be thrown and kept covered with earth or sand to avoid -flies and odors. Everything that can be burned, should -be.” The only difficulty in my mind is, in case the -region is hedgehog-infested, that those charming creatures -will form their usual “bread-line”—this time to the -trench—and add digging to their accomplishments in -gnawing. However! Better rinse out your tin cans; -Sis Hedgehog is less likely to mistake the can for the -original delicacy.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page31">[31]</a></span></p></div> - -<p>All food refuse should be burned up, anyway, -never thrown out into the brush, and it -is difficult to burn meat bones. The girl or -woman who keeps a dirty camp is beneath -contempt. There is likely to be one neighbor, -if not more, in the vicinity of every -camp, who will make things uncomfortable -for the campers. He should be called the -camp pig, and he is the hedgehog. Also his -cousin, the skunk, will hang around to see -what is carelessly thrown out or left for him -to eat. The hedgehog is the greediest, most -unwelcome fellow in the woods, and even the -fact that the poet Robert Browning had one -as a pet will not redeem him in the eyes of -the practical camper. He hangs around any -camp that is not kept clean, gnaws axe -handles which the salty human hand has -touched, licks out tin cans which have not -been rinsed as they should be before they -are thrown away—in short, he follows up -every bit of camp slackness. There is only<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page32">[32]</a></span> -one way to keep off hedgehogs and that is -to have an absolutely tidy camp.</p> - -<p>In addition to the food stuffs already mentioned, -there are several others which should -be taken in the necessary quantities. Salt -and pepper—better leave tea and coffee at -home and take cocoa—soda, sugar, a few -candles (helpful in lighting a fire in wet -weather, as well as for illumination), -matches, in a rubber box if possible, kerosene -if your camp outfit will permit such a -luxury, olive oil, maple syrup for flapjacks, -molasses, condensed and evaporated milk or -milk powder.</p> - -<div class="plate w400" id="Fig2"> - -<div class="figcenter nomargin"> -<img src="images/illo033a.png" alt="" width="313" height="185" /> -<p class="caption">REFLECTOR BAKER.</p> -</div> - -<div class="split3367"> - -<div class="leftsplit3367"> - -<div class="figcenter nomargin"> -<img src="images/illo033b.png" alt="" width="137" height="273" /> -<p class="caption">HOLD-ALL.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit3367--> - -<div class="rightsplit3367"> - -<div class="figcenter nomargin"> -<img src="images/illo033c.png" alt="" width="242" height="68" class="padtop50p" /> -<p class="caption">PATENTED FRY PAN.</p> -<img src="images/illo033d.png" alt="" width="242" height="42" class="padtop30p" /> -<p class="caption">HUNTING KNIFE.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit3367--> - -</div><!--split3367--> - -<div class="figcenter allclear nomargin"> -<img src="images/illo033e.png" alt="" width="233" height="201" /> -<p class="caption">BIRCH BARK CUP.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p class="allclear">The articles which need to be cooled can -be kept fresh in a nearby brook. Dead fish, -however, should never be allowed to lie in -water, but should be wrapped up in ferns or -large leaves. If you are camping for any -length of time, by making a little runway out -of a trough you can have freshly flowing -water, cooling butter and other food stuffs,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page33">[33]</a><br /><a id="Page34">[34]</a></span> -all the time. Or a receptacle constructed -something like a wire bait box will prove as -good as the flowing water. This sunk into -a cool pond or lake, makes an admirable ice -chest, into which the finny creatures cannot -get. In some rotation which you have decided -upon, the care of the food should receive -the especial attention from one girl -every day. In this way hedgehogs, skunks, -mice, rats, ants, will all be kept at a distance.</p> - -<p>There are in addition to these various food -stuffs and their care, as I said in the -first chapter, many articles necessary for -camp life about which we must think. -If you are going off for a few days with a -guide, he will attend to these things for you. -But if you are setting up a camp for yourself, -you will need to have them in mind. -They are, two or three tin pails of convenient -sizes nesting or fitting into one another -so that they can be easily carried, a -tin reflector baker for outdoor cooking, a<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page35">[35]</a></span> -coffee pot if you are foolish enough to take -coffee, enameled ware plates and cups, basins, -pans, dishpans, a dishmop, a chain pot-cleaner, -a double boiler, a broiler, knives -and forks, spoons big and little, pepper and -salt shakers, flour sifter, a rotary can opener, -a frypan, long-handled and short-handled, a -carving knife and a fish knife if you intend -to do a great deal of fishing. There are -many kinds of cooking kits. There is -a good one for four persons which may be -obtained at about six dollars from any large -hardware dealer. Add to these things -which have been mentioned fish hooks, a lantern, -lantern wicks, nails of different sizes, a -hammer—don’t forget the hammer!—toilet -paper, woolen blankets, mosquito netting (if -it is a mosquito-infested district), fly dope to -rub on hands and face, oilcloth for camp -table, some twine and some tacks.</p> - -<p>Equipped with these articles and what you -carry in your knapsacks and what you wear,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page36">[36]</a></span> -there is almost no wilderness in which a girl -cannot have a good time, improve her health, -and be the wiser for having entered the wilderness.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page37">[37]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER IV<br /> -<span class="fsize80">COOK AND COOKEE</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">A</span><span class="startword0">ny</span> of you who have ever seen a -lumber camp will remember something -of how it is constructed. -Separate from the main building is the superintendent’s -office, a little cabin built usually -of tar paper and light timber; then there -is the hovel, as it is called, in which the -horses and cows are stabled, and finally there -is the big main building where the crew sleep -and eat. But separated from the men’s dormitory -by a passageway that leads into the -outdoors, is the big room used as kitchen and -dining room. Just beyond this and opening -into the kitchen, is the room in which the -cook and his assistant sleep.</p> - -<p>In these two rooms in the wilderness, cook -and cookee reign supreme. They are the -most important persons in the camp. They<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page38">[38]</a></span> -are the best paid. Their word is law. They -have a room by themselves, partly for cleanliness’ -sake, and also because the success of -the whole camp depends more or less upon -them. But it is not alone the lumber cook -and cookee who make or mar the success of -camp life. It is also the cook in the hotel -camp, and even more, the cook in the hundreds -of thousands of home camps which -make glad our holiday season. The king -pin of life, physically—and I might say morally, -too, for wherever the health is excellent -the morals are likely to be so—is good, -pure, abundant food, properly cooked.</p> - -<p>Nowhere is the art of cooking put so to -the test as in camp. You have less to do -with; you have bigger appetites to do for -and more need physically for the food you -eat. There is one article which, if you are -planning to do more cooking out of doors -than can be done in a pot of water over a -fire and a frying pan, you must have, and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page39">[39]</a></span> -that is a tin reflector baker. One year I -was caught in the steadiest downpour which -I have ever known while camping. We were -on the West Branch of the Penobscot, in an -isolated region at the foot of Mount Katahdin, -the highest mountain in the state of -Maine. We had nothing to sleep under except -a tent fly, and the rain drove in night -and day, keeping us thoroughly wet. Our -Indian guides managed to make the fire go -in front of the leaky tar paper shack which -we used as a kitchen. There was nothing -we could do profitably but cook, so I amused -myself cooking. I managed to bake, in the -rain, before an open fire, within that little -tin reflector baker, some tarts which were -very successful. Many other articles, too, -were cooked and came out thoroughly edible. -That was indeed a test of the little -tin baker which I shall never forget.</p> - -<p>There is one sort of kindling fuel unfailingly -useful in the woods. Even the rain<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page40">[40]</a></span> -cannot dampen its blaze. The fuel to which -I refer is birch-bark. It will light when -nothing else will light, I suppose because of -the large amount of oil in it. Even when -you take it wet from the ground, instead of -stripping it from a tree—and you can always -get an inner layer of dry birch-bark -from a tree—it will burn and kindle a good -fire. A box of matches is a natural possession -for a boy, but I am not so sure that -this is true with a girl. Every camper -should have a hard rubber box of matches -in his possession, should know where it is—always -in an inside pocket if possible—and -should take good care of it. But to go back -to that wet day and the shining little tin -baker on the West Branch at the foot of -Katahdin. There are some woods which -are good for rapid, quiet burning and some -that are poor, as every experienced woodsman -will tell you. You must keep, until you -know it by heart, a check list of different<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page41">[41]</a></span> -kinds of wood, just as you must keep a food -check list and other check lists. If it is a big -camp fire, which for jollity’s sake or the sake -of warmth you wish to start, and do not care -to keep going for a long time, almost any -sort of wood will serve. Brush tops or -slashings will do quite well to start such a -blaze. Hickory is the best wood for use -when you want a deep, quiet hot fire for -cooking. There is scarcely any better wood -for the camp cook to use than apple, but that -most campers are not likely to be able to -get. The green woods which burn most -readily and are best to start a quick fire with -are birch, white and black, hard maple, ash, -oak, and hickory. The older the tree the -more pitch there will be in it, and the pitch -is an effective and noisy kindler of fires. -Hemlock, spruce, cedar, and the larch, all -snap badly. I have been obliged to use a -good deal of cedar in an open Franklin in -my camp study this last summer. It has<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page42">[42]</a></span> -never been safe to leave one of these cedar -fires without shutting the doors of the Franklin -stove. I have known the burning cedar -to hurl sparks the entire length of the cabin. -As the chinking is excelsior, you can imagine -what one of those cedar sparks would -do if it snapped onto a bit of the excelsior. -Cabins not chinked with excelsior are usually -chinked with moss, which is almost as -inflammable. With woods that snap, the -camper can never be too careful, and no fire -made of snappy wood should ever be built -near a cabin or a tent. One spark, and it -might be too late to check the quickly spreading -fire.</p> - -<p>There is another thing about which the -camp cook and all girls camping need to be -very careful, and that is the drinking water. -One cannot be too exacting in this matter, too -scrupulous, too clean. Provided there is -spring or lake water about whose purity -there can be no doubt, the question is settled.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page43">[43]</a></span> -In this connection it may be said of drinking: -when in doubt, don’t. A quarter of a -mile, a half a mile, a mile, is none too far -to go to get the right sort of water. This -can be done in squads, one set of girls going -one day and another the next. This water -must be used for the cooking, too. If there -is any doubt about the water supply, it should -be filtered or boiled or both. Go into camp -ready to make pure water one of your chief -considerations, and never, under any circumstances, -drink water or eat anything, even -fish, which may have been contaminated by -sewage. How vigilant one has to be about -this an experience of my own, some months -ago, will show you. The pond to which we -were going was indeed in the wilderness, inaccessible -except by canoe. I had walked -one long “carry,” paddled across a good-sized -pond—two miles wide, I think—and -had been poling up some quick-water. The -“rips” were low, and scratching would better<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page44">[44]</a></span> -describe the efforts to which we were put -than poling does. My hands became so dry -from the incessant work with the pole that -I had to wet them to get any purchase on it -at all. A greased pig could not have been -harder to hold than that pole. When finally -we reached the little mountain-surrounded -pond for which we were making up the -quickwater, I was hot, breathless, exhausted. -I could think of only one thing, and that was -a drink of water. There were a few camps -about the lake, but it did not enter my mind -that they would empty their sewage into it -and take their fish and their water out of it. -Yet after I had drunk, the first thing I noticed, -in passing one camp, was that they unmistakably -did empty their sewage into the -pond. No evidence was lacking that it all -went into the water not far from where I -had taken a drink. It is not a pleasant subject, -but it is one about which it is necessary -to speak.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page45">[45]</a></span></p> - -<p>It is well to take in your kit some place, -unless you are an accomplished cook and -have it all in your head, a small, good cook -book. The first thing which you should recollect -about the rougher sort of camping is -that you will have no fresh eggs or milk with -which to do your cooking. You should have -recipes for making your biscuits, johnnycake, -bread, corn-pone, cakes, flapjacks, cookies, -potato soup, bean soup, pea soup, chowder, -rice pudding, and for cooking game and -fish. In that veteran book for campers, -“The Way of the Woods,” some good -recipes for the necessary dishes are given. -Whatever dishes you plan to make in the -wilderness should be simple and few. Anything -beyond the simplest dietary is not in -the spirit of camp life, and will only detract -from rather than add to the general -pleasure. Those recipes which seem to me -absolutely necessary I will give to you in the -next chapter.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page46">[46]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER V<br /> -<span class="fsize80">LOG-CABIN COOKERY</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">D</span><span class="startword0">id</span> you ever get to a camp fire or -log-cabin stove at eleven o’clock -and know that there must be a -hearty meal by twelve? I have lots of -times. The only way to do, if one must -meet these emergencies on short notice, is to -have what I call “stock” on hand. In using -this word I do not mean soup stock, either. -What I mean is that there must be some -vegetables or cereals or other articles of food -at least partially prepared for eating.</p> - -<p>I remember one summer when I was very -busy with my writing. I was chief cook and -bottle washer, besides being my own secretary, -and I had three members in my family -to look out for—a friend with a hearty appetite, -a big dog with a no less hearty appetite -and a rather greedy little Maine cat.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page47">[47]</a></span> -The question was how to carry on the work -which was properly my own and at the same -time attend to cooking and other household -work. I hit upon a plan which served excellently -with me. I do not recommend it to -any one else, especially to girls who will be -going into the woods for a vacation and will -have no duties except those connected with -their camp life. But this plan of mine demonstrated -to me once and for all that, even -if one is very busy, it is possible to have a -bountifully supplied table.</p> - -<p>The first day I tried the experiment I -went into the kitchen at eleven o’clock. -Never had I been more tired of the everlasting -question of what to have to eat. It -seemed to me that there was never any other -question except that one, and I determined, -with considerable savage feeling, to escape -from it. At eleven o’clock I chopped my -own kindling, started my own fire, and began -twirling the saucepans, frying pans and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page48">[48]</a></span> -baking tins which I wanted to use. I was -set upon cooking up enough food to last for -three or four days, and I did. At two -o’clock not only was all the food cooked and -set away for future consumption, but also -we had eaten our dinner. In that time what -had I prepared? There was a big double -boiler full of <i>corn meal</i>. After this had been -thoroughly boiled in five times its bulk of -water and a large tablespoonful of salt, I -poured it out into baking tins and set it -away to cool. Various things can be done -with this stock; among others, once cool, it -slices beautifully, and is delicious fried in -butter or in bacon fat, and satisfying to the -hungriest camper. Also a large panful of -<i>rice</i> had been cooked. This had been set -aside to be used in <i>croquettes</i>, in <i>rice puddings</i> -and to be served plain with milk at -supper time. So much for the rice and the -corn meal. I had broken up in two-inch -pieces a large panful of <i>macaroni</i>. This was<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page49">[49]</a></span> -boiled in salt water, part of it cooled and set -away for further use, some of it mixed with -a canful of tomato and stewed for our dinner -and the rest baked with tomato and -bread crumbs, to be heated up for another -day. On top of the stove, too, I had a mammoth -<i>vegetable stew</i>. In this stew were potatoes, -carrots, parsnips, cabbage, beets, -turnips, plenty of butter and plenty of salt. -The stew remained on the stove, carefully -covered, during the time that the fire was -lighted and was put on again the next day -to complete the cooking, for it takes long -boiling to make a really good stew. Inside -the oven were two big platefuls of <i>apples</i> -baking. These had been properly cored and -the centers filled with butter and sugar and -cinnamon; also two or three dozen potatoes -were baking in the oven, some of which -would serve for quick frying on another day. -In addition to the food mentioned, I set a -large two-quart bowl full of lemon jelly with<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page50">[50]</a></span> -vegetable gelatin. It took me exactly fifteen -minutes to make this jelly and during that -time I was giving my attention to other -things besides. I made also a panful of -baking powder biscuits which, considering -the way they were hustled about, behaved -themselves in a most long-suffering and commendable -fashion, turning out to be good -biscuits after all.</p> - -<p>Now, the import of all this is that, with -planning, a little practice and some hopping -about, a good deal of cooking and preparation -of food can be done in a short time. -Unnecessary “fussing” about the cooking is -not desirable in camp life. The simpler that -life can be made and kept the better. The -more we can get away from unwholesome -condiments, highly seasoned foods, too much -meat eating and coffee drinking, too many -sweets and pastries, the better. The girl -who goes into the woods with the idea of -having all the luxuries—many of them<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page51">[51]</a></span> -wholly unnecessary and some of them undesirable—of -her home life, is no true “sport.” -The grand object for which we cook in camp -is a good appetite and that needs no sauce -and sweets.</p> - -<p>What are some of the recipes a girl should -have with her for log-cabin cooking? In -the first place, we must take with us a good -recipe for <i>bread-making</i>. There are so many -I will give none. The best one to have is -the one used at home, but let me say here -that no flour so answers all dietetic needs in -the woods as entire wheat. Delicious baking -powder biscuits can be made from it as -well as bread. Also know how to <i>boil a potato</i>. -You think this is a matter of no importance? -It would surprise you then, -wouldn’t it, to know that there are some people -devoting all of their time teaching the -ignorant and the poor the art of boiling a -potato. You can boil all the good out of it -and make it almost worthless as food, as<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page52">[52]</a></span> -well as untempting, or you can cook it properly, -making it everything it ought to be. -Know, too, how to <i>clean a fish</i>. Oh, dear, -you never could do that! It makes you -shiver to think of such a thing. Very well -then, camp is no place for you. Your -squeamishness which might seem attractive -some place else will only be silly there, -making you a dead weight about somebody -else’s neck. Does your brother Boy Scout -know how to clean a fish? Did you ever -know a real boy who did not know how to -clean a fish? Why not a real girl, then, perhaps -a Camp Fire Girl? Oh, but the cook—no, -you will be the cook in camp or the -assistant cook. Then get your brother to -show you how to cut off its head and to -scale it, if it is a scaly fish, how to slit it -open, taking out the entrails, how to wash -it thoroughly and dry it, how to dip it in -flour or meal and to drop it into the sizzling -frying pan, how to turn it and then finally<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page53">[53]</a></span> -the moment when, crisp and brown, it should -be taken out and served. Know, too, how to -pluck and clean a partridge.<a id="FNanchor_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> One day this -last summer I went up the cut behind my -camp, intent upon finding a partridge for -our supper. I hadn’t gone far before I -found one and with the second shot of my -rifle brought the poor fellow down. I took -him home to the cook whom I had with me -then, the daughter of a neighboring farmer. -I gave her the bird and told her to get him -ready for supper. She said she couldn’t; -she didn’t know how.</p> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_5"></a><a href="#FNanchor_5"><span class="label">[5]</span></a> If your mother and brother have not taught you -how to <i>clean fish</i> and <i>pluck partridge</i>, then it would be -best to go to the butcher and fishman and take lessons -of them. If it is possible to go on your first expedition -with a good guide, that will settle the whole difficulty, -for your guide will know the best way and be -glad to teach you.</p></div> - -<p>“Don’t know how?” I asked. “What do -you mean?”</p> - -<p>She said that she did not know how to -pluck and clean a partridge.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page54">[54]</a></span></p> - -<p>“Well,” I replied, “you know how to -clean a chicken, don’t you?”</p> - -<p>“Mercy me, no!” she objected, looking -pale and silly. “Mother always cleans the -chickens.”</p> - -<p>Mother always cleans the chickens! -Mother does a good deal too much of the -things that are somewhat unpleasant in this -American home life of ours. This girl had -been perfectly willing that her mother -should do all the work which seemed to her -too disagreeable or unpleasant to do herself. -But I am glad to say, and her mother ought -to have been grateful to me, she helped in -dressing that partridge and I did not care a -tinker when, after it had been cooked, she -seemed to feel too badly to eat very much of -it. I wonder how her mother had felt after -all the hundreds of chickens she had killed, -plucked, cleaned and cooked for that very -girl of hers.</p> - -<p>You must know, too, how to <i>boil an egg</i>,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page55">[55]</a></span> -and do not do as I saw that same incompetent -farmer’s daughter do—I suppose because -she had left almost everything to her -very competent mother—do not boil your -eggs in the tea kettle. The water in the -tea kettle should be kept as clean and fresh -as possible. There is no excuse for a <i>dirty -tea kettle</i>. We should be able in the woods, -too, to know how to scramble eggs, if one -has them, and to make omelets, and to boil -corn meal, and the best ways for cooking -rice and of baking fruits. Good apple pies, -too, if you can make pastry without too -much trouble, will not go amiss.</p> - -<p>There are a few recipes which you must -get out of the home cook book, besides the -few which I will now give you. <i>Baking powder -biscuits</i> are not easy to make. Even -very good cooks sometimes do not have success -with them. Do not be discouraged if at -your first effort you should fail. Keep on -trying. You must learn, for I think it can<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page56">[56]</a></span> -be said that baking powder biscuits constitute -the bread of the woods. I know farming -families in northern Maine who do not -know what it is to make raised bread. They -have nothing but baking powder or soda and -cream of tartar bread. Use one quart of -sifted flour, one teaspoonful of salt, three -rounding teaspoonfuls of baking powder, -one large tablespoonful of butter and enough -milk, evaporated or powdered milk, or fresh -if you have it, to make a soft dough. Mix -these things in the order in which they are -given, and when the dough is stiff enough to -be cut with the top of a baking powder can -or a biscuit cutter, sprinkle your bread and -also your rolling pin with flour and roll out -the dough. It will depend upon your oven -somewhat, but probably it will take you from -ten to fifteen minutes to bake these biscuits.</p> - -<p>A recipe for corn meal cake, too, should -be in one’s camp kit. The simpler that recipe -the better. Some forms of <i>corn bread</i><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page57">[57]</a></span> -take so long to prepare that they are not -suitable for the woods. The one I shall give -you will prove practicable. You might take -one from your own home cook book, too, if -you wish. Mix the ingredients in the order -in which they are set down and bake them in -a moderately hot oven. If you haven’t anything -else to use, bread tins a third full will -serve. One cup of whole corn meal, a half -a teaspoonful of salt and a cup of sugar, a -whole cup of flour, three teaspoonfuls of -baking powder—these should be level—one -egg, one cup of milk and a tablespoonful of -melted butter.</p> - -<p><i>Pancakes</i> you must also know how to -make. One can’t very well get along in the -wilderness without some sort of griddle -cake, the simpler the better. Sour milk pancakes -are the best, particularly as it is not -necessary to use eggs if one has sour milk, -but that is not always feasible, as frequently -you will have to use evaporated milk. Mix<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page58">[58]</a></span> -a pint of flour, a half a teaspoonful of salt, -a teaspoonful of soda, one pint of sour -milk, and two eggs thoroughly beaten. See -that your frying pan, for in camp you will -cook your cakes in the frying pan, has been -on the stove some time. Grease it thoroughly -with bacon fat or butter; never use -lard unless you have to. Cook the cakes -thoroughly. You will find turning your first -hot cakes something of an adventure.</p> - -<p>There should also be among our log-cabin -recipes some directions for telling you how -to make at least two kinds of <i>nourishing -soup</i> without stock. Soup with stock in camp -life is not practicable. Pea or bean soups -are the most satisfying and satisfactory. -The peas or beans must be soaked in cold -water over night. Pea or bean soups take a -long time to make, so that it is not always -practicable to have them in camp. I will -give you a recipe for <i>split pea soup</i>. Take -with you, if you are likely to need it, also, a<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page59">[59]</a></span> -recipe for black bean soup. After soaking -over night, pour the water off the split -peas and add to the cup of peas three pints -of cold water. Do not let the liquid catch -on the sides of the pan in which the peas are -simmering. When the peas are soft, rub -them through a strainer and put them on to -boil again, adding one tablespoonful of butter, -one of flour, one-half teaspoonful of -sugar and a teaspoonful of salt. You don’t -need pepper—better leave pepper at home -and if you get so that you don’t miss it in -camp, then you need never use it again. It -is wretched stuff, anyway, doing more to -harm the human stomach than almost any -other food poison in use.</p> - -<p><i>Baked beans</i>, too, make a prime dish for -camp life, partly, I suppose, because, like -corn meal and pea and bean soups, potatoes -and the heartier kinds of food, they are so -satisfying to the camper’s appetite. It isn’t -necessary to cook your beans with pork, substitute<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page60">[60]</a></span> -some kind of nut butter, peanut butter -or almond butter, or plenty of fresh dairy -butter. The quart of pea beans should be -soaked in cold water over night. In the -morning these beans must be put into fresh -water and allowed to cook until they are soft -but not broken. Empty them into a colander -and then put them in the bean pot, or if -you haven’t a bean pot, a deep baking dish -will do. Put in a quarter of a cup of molasses -and a half cup of butter and pour a -little hot water over the beans. Keep them -all day long in an oven that is not too hot. -Don’t put any mustard in your beans; mustard -is as great an enemy to the human -stomach as pepper, and that is saying a good -deal.</p> - -<p>Against a rainy day when you may wish to -amuse yourselves with additional dishes, or -a hungry day when you are cold and ravenous, -I will add a few more recipes. <i>Corn -pone</i> is good. This is just corn bread baked<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page61">[61]</a></span> -on a heated stone propped up before the fire -till the surface is seared. Then cover with -hot ashes and let it bake in them for twenty -minutes. After that dust your cake and eat -it. I have told you how to make <i>corn meal -mush</i>. With butter and sugar (in case you -have no milk) it is excellent. What do you -say to some <i>buckwheat cakes</i> on a cold, -rainy night? If you say “yes,” all you have -to do is to mix the self-raising buckwheat -flour with a proper amount of water and -drop some good-sized spoonfuls into a hot, -greased frying-pan. The turning of hot -cakes is the next best fun to eating them. -Mash your boiled potatoes, season with butter -and salt and milk if you have it. After -that, call it <i>mashed potato</i>. It is good to eat -and keeps well for paté cakes or a scallop. -When hungry, <i>fried potatoes</i> can be eaten -with impunity by the most zealous dietarian. -Fried potatoes are naughty but nice. <i>Mushrooms</i> -are nice, too, but dangerous. If you<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page62">[62]</a></span> -have a trained botanist or someone who has -<i>always</i> gathered mushrooms for eating, then -perhaps it will be safe to cook this bounty -the woods spread before you. If you must -have <i>bacon</i> you cannot get bacon that is <i>too</i> -good. <i>Ferris bacon and hams</i> are the finest -and most reliable cured pork in this country. -And since we are speaking of pork and therefore -of frying, let me give you one caution: -<i>Never use the frying-pan when you can avoid -doing so.</i> No amount of care can make fried -foods altogether wholesome. Even an out-of-door -life cannot altogether counteract the -bad effects of fried food. You can make -good <i>broth</i> from small diced bits of game or -whatever meat you have, when the meat is -tender, add vegetables and allow the whole -to boil for some time. <i>Chowder</i>, too, is a -standard dish for camp life. Take out the -bones from the fish and cut up fish into small -pieces. “Cover the bottom of the kettle with -layers in the following order: slices of pork,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page63">[63]</a></span> -sliced raw potatoes, chopped onions, fish, -hard biscuit soaked (or bread). Repeat this -(leaving out pork) until the pot is nearly -full. Season each layer. Cover barely with -water and cook an hour or so over a very -slow fire. When thick stir gently. Any -other ingredients that are at hand may be -added.” (Seneca’s “Canoe and Camp Cookery” -and Breck’s “Way of the Woods.”) A -<i>white sauce</i> for fish and other purposes will -be found useful. Melt tablespoonful of butter -in saucepan; stir in dessert-spoonful of -flour; add <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> teaspoonful salt; mix with a -cup of milk. Except for the ginger, <i>gingerbread</i> -is not a bad cake for the woods. One -cup of molasses, one cup of sugar, one teaspoonful -of ginger, one teaspoonful of soda, -one cup of hot water, flour enough to form a -medium batter, <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> cup melted butter, and a -little cinnamon will make it. You might -experiment with <i>Chinese tea cakes</i> made with -<sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> cup butter, one cup brown sugar, <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> -teaspoonful<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page64">[64]</a></span> -soda, one tablespoonful of cold -water, and one cup of flour. Shape this mixture -into small balls, and put on buttered -sheets and bake in a hot oven. <i>Molasses -cookies</i> are good and substantial, not a bad -thing to put in the duffle bag on a day’s -tramp. Use one cup of molasses, one teaspoonful -of ginger, one teaspoonful of soda, -two teaspoonfuls of warm water or milk, <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> -cup of butter, enough flour to mix soft. Dissolve -the soda in milk. Roll dough one-third -of an inch thick and cut in small rounds. -Two well known candy recipes will add -to the pleasures of a rainy day and a -sweet tooth. <i>Penuche</i>: Two cups brown -sugar, <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> cup milk, butter size of a small nut, -pinch of salt, one teaspoonful of vanilla, <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> -cup walnut meats. Boil the first four ingredients -until soft ball is formed when dropped -in water. Then add vanilla and nuts, and -beat until cool and creamy. <i>Fudge</i>: 2 cups -sugar, <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> cup milk, 3 tablespoonfuls cocoa, a<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page65">[65]</a></span> -pinch of salt, butter size of small nut, <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> cup -walnut meats if desired. Cook same as -penuche.</p> - -<p>Perhaps, in conclusion, I should advise -you to learn something about the <i>boiling of -vegetables</i> and tell you not to cut the top off -a <i>beet</i> unless you want to see it bleed, and -lose the better part of it. Put your beet in, -top and all. When cooked, it will be time -enough to cut it and pare it. Be sure if you -cook <i>cabbage</i> that it is cooked long enough, -and has become thoroughly tender. The -same is true with <i>parsnips</i> and <i>carrots</i>. If -you are in a hurry slice up your carrots or -parsnips or cabbage or potatoes and they -will cook more rapidly.</p> - -<p>Be sure that your camp dietary has plenty -of <i>stewed fruits</i> in it. That will be so much -to the good in the camp health. A bottle of -<i>olive oil</i> also will prove a great resource; in -fact, a can of olive oil would be even more -practical and the oil is always capital food.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page66">[66]</a></span> -Although the most elaborate recipes are -given for making a <i>mayonnaise dressing</i> it -is really very simple to make, and once made -can be kept on hand as “stock.” I have -been making mayonnaise since I was a little -girl, and, as I cook something like the proverbial -darky, I do not know that I am able -to give you any hard and fast directions for -making the dressing. With me it is an affair -of impulse; I use either the white of an -egg or the whole egg, it does not make any -difference—the shell you will not find palatable—beating -it up thoroughly, gradually -adding the oil, putting in a little lemon juice -from time to time and plenty of salt. Cayenne -pepper is ordinarily used in mayonnaise, -but if the dressing is properly seasoned -with salt and lemon it needs neither -cayenne nor mustard. What it does need is -thorough and long beating, a cool place, and -a few minutes in which to harden after it is -made.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page67">[67]</a></span></p> - -<p>You will learn one thing in the woods -which perhaps will be a surprise. In that -life it is men who are the good cooks. Indeed, -it is surprising how much cleverness -men show in domestic ways when they are -left to their own devices and how helpless -they become as soon as a woman is around. -If you go astray any woodsman, any guide, -almost any “sport” can help you out in the -mysteries of cooking.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page68">[68]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER VI<br /> -<span class="fsize80">THE PLACE TO CAMP</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">F</span><span class="startword0">or</span> most girls the place in which they -are to camp will depend very largely -on the locality in which they live. -But few people want to, or feel that they -can, travel long distances to secure their -ideal camping ground. Yet there are some -things about the place to camp which most -of us can demand and get. When one has -learned a little of the art of camping, it is -really surprising how many good camping -grounds may be found in one’s own immediate -neighborhood.</p> - -<p>The first question to be decided is the sort -of expedition which we shall undertake. Are -we going to rough it for a few days or a -couple of weeks, taking things as they come -and not expecting any of the comforts we<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page69">[69]</a></span> -ordinarily have? Are we going to sleep in -the open, cook and eat in the open? If we -are to “pack” all that we shall have along -with us, is it to be a river trip or a lake -trip in a canoe? Is it to be a walking expedition -or with horses? The least expensive -item will prove to be the one that involves -taking the fewest number of guides, and -which is carried out on shank’s mare. Every -expedition which is continually on the move -through an isolated and rough country -should be equipped with one guide to each -two people. If it is a stationary camp, one -guide to three or four people will be the -minimum. But that <i>is</i> the minimum. Registered -guides command big pay for their -work, usually about three dollars a day, and -their food and lodging provided for them.</p> - -<p>When we cannot make up for our oversight -or mistakes or stupidities by trotting -around the corner to procure what we have -forgotten, or taking up a telephone and ordering<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page70">[70]</a></span> -it sent to us, or sending a message to -the doctor, who must come because we have -exhausted ourselves, or got indigestion from -badly planned and badly cooked food, it behooves -us to be careful. Only a word to the -wise is necessary. To use a slang phrase -which contains in a nutshell almost all that -need be said on the subject: <i>don’t bite off -more than you can chew</i>. If you are starting -out on a strenuous walking expedition, -be sure that all in the party are accustomed -to hard walking and are properly shod and -in fit condition for the work. With these -requirements attended to, your duffle bags -full of the right shelter and food stuff, a -capable man or capable men in charge of -the expedition, there is nothing in the world -which could be better for a group of healthy -girls than a walking tour. I have walked -scores of miles with my own little pack on -my back and been all the better for the hard -work and the hard living. More of us need<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page71">[71]</a></span> -hard living as a corrective for our over-civilized -lives than we need luxuries. If it is -a canoe trip, it is well for several members -of the party to know how to paddle and even -to pole up over the “rips” of quickwater. -Thank fortune that the girl of to-day has -sloughed off some of the inane traits supposed -to be excusably feminine, such, for example, -as screaming when frightened. The -modern girl doesn’t need to be told that -screaming and jumping when she goes down -her first quickwater in a canoe are distinctly -out of order. I remember one experience in -quickwater when I was not sure but that I -should have to jump literally for my life. In -some way the Indian with whom I was had -got his setting pole caught in the rocks, and -we were swung around sidewise over a four-foot -drop of raging water. If the pole -loosened before we could get the nose of the -canoe pointed down stream, the end was inevitable. -No one could have lived in those<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page72">[72]</a></span> -raging waters. The canoe would have been -rolled over and we pounded to pieces or -crushed upon the rocks. We clawed the -racing water madly with the paddles, which -seemed, for all the good they could do, more -like toothpicks than paddles. But slowly, -inch by inch, straining every muscle, we managed -to work around. Needless to say, we -escaped unharmed, except for a wetting. In -this case as always, a miss is as good as a -mile—a little “miss” which was most cordially -received by me. The Indian said -nothing, but I noticed that there was some -expression in his face while this adventure -was going on, and that is saying a good deal -for an Indian.</p> - -<p>After some of the questions connected -with the kind of expedition are thought out, -it is just as well to consider the place in -which one wishes to camp, for that will determine -much else. All things being equal, -it is well to get a sharp contrast in locality,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page73">[73]</a></span> -because that means the maximum of change -and tonic. In my experience there are only -two kinds of camping grounds to be avoided—no, -I will say three. First, there is -swampy, malarial land, infested by mosquitoes -and other unpleasant creatures. -Second, there is ground on which no water -can be found. Camp life without access to -water is an impossible proposition. And -thirdly—a possibility fortunately which does -not occur in many localities—ground that is -infested by venomous snakes is unsafe. Even -in so beautiful and fertile a region as the -Connecticut Valley, where I live when not at -my camp in the Moosehead region, and -where I frequently go camping, the question -of snakes has to be taken into consideration. -I have encountered both the rattlesnake and -the copperhead, two of the most deadly reptiles -known, in the Connecticut Valley.</p> - -<p>If, when you are at home, you live on land -that is low, and high land is accessible for<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page74">[74]</a></span> -your expedition, I think you cannot do better -than camp on the hills or the mountains. -On the other hand, if you are ordinarily accustomed -to living among the hills, a camping -ground on low land by sea or lake will -bring you the greatest change. Some girls -might prefer to camp deep in the very heart -of the woods. Personally I do not. I think -it is likely to be very damp there, and to be -so enclosed on every side that the life grows -dull. I like a camping ground on the shore -of a pond, or on a hill side with a big outlook, -or at the mouth of a river.</p> - -<p>One of the most beautiful camping -grounds I have ever known is in a deserted -apple orchard miles away from civilization. -Once upon a time there was a farm there, -but the buildings were all burned down. Remote, -perfect, sheltered, I often think the -original Garden of Eden could not have been -more beautiful. And there is the original -apple tree, but in this case most seductive as<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page75">[75]</a></span> -apple sauce. You make a mistake if, before -you get up your camp appetite, you assume -that apple sauce need not be taken into account. -When your camp appetite is up, you -will find that the original sauce on buttered -bread will put you into the original paradisaic -mood. And there are all sorts of extension -of the apple that are as good as they -are harmless, apple pie, apple dumpling, apple -cake, and baked apples.</p> - -<p>It may not seem romantic to you, but you -will find it practical and, after all, delightful -to camp a mile or so away from a good -farmhouse, as far out on the edge of the -wilderness as you can get, for, the farm -within walking distance, it is possible to have -a great variety of food: fresh milk and -cream, eggs, an occasional chicken, new potatoes, -and other vegetables in season. With -the farm nearby, you can say, as in the -“Merry Wives of Windsor”: “Let the sky -rain potatoes!” and you have your wish fulfilled.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page76">[76]</a></span> -It is probable, too, that the farmer -in such an isolated region will be glad to -help in pitching the tents, in lugging whatever -needs to be lugged from the nearest -village or station, in making camp generally -and, finally, in striking the camp. It is likely -that for a reasonable sum he will be glad to -let you have one of his nice big farm Dobbins -and an old buggy for cruising around -the country. In any event, choose ground -that affords a good run-off and is dry; select -a sheltered spot where the winds will not -beat heavily upon your tents, and never forget -that clean drinking water is one of the -first essentials. Keep away from contaminated -wells and all uncertain supplies. With -these injunctions in mind, you can find only -a happy, healthful, invigorating home among -the “primitive pines” or under the original -apple tree.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page77">[77]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER VII<br /> -<span class="fsize80">CAMP FIRES</span></h2> - -<p class="fsize90">“The way to prevent big fires is to put them out while -they are small.”—<span class="smcap">Chief Forester Graves.</span></p> - -<p class="chapstart blankbefore2"><span class="firstletter">L</span><span class="startword0">ightly</span> do we go into the woods, -bent upon a holiday. There we -kindle a fire over which we are -to cook our camp supper. How good it all -smells, the wood smoke, the odor of the -frying bacon and fish and potatoes; how -good in the crisp evening air the warmth of -the camp fire feels; and above all, how beautiful -everything is, the deep plumy branches -on whose lower sides shadows from the firelight -dance, the depth of darkness beyond -the reach of the illuminating flame, the rich -strange hue of the soft grass and moss on -which we are sitting! It is all beautiful with -not a suggestion of evil or terror about it,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page78">[78]</a></span> -and yet, unchecked, there is a demon of destruction -in that jolly little camp fire before -which we sit. Now the supper! Nothing -ever tasted better, nothing can ever taste so -good again, the fish and bacon done to a -turn, the potatoes lying an inviting brown -in the frying pan, and the hot cocoa, made -with condensed milk, steaming up into the -cool evening air.</p> - -<p>After supper we lie about the fire and -sing or dream. Perhaps some one tells a -story. The hours go so rapidly that we do -not know where they have gone. And when -the evening is over? The fire is still glowing, -a bed of bright coral coals and gray ash. -The fire will just go out if we leave it. Besides, -we haven’t time to fetch water to put -it out with. No, nine chances out of ten, if -we leave the fire it will not go out, but smoulder -on, and a breeze coming up in the night -or at dawn, the fire springs into flame again, -catching on the surrounding dry grass and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page79">[79]</a><br /><a id="Page80">[80]</a></span> -pine needles. Soon, incredibly soon, it begins -to leap up the trunks of trees. Before -we know it, it is springing from tree to tree, -faster than a man can leap or run.</p> - -<div class="plate w450" id="Fig3"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo079a.png" alt="" width="408" height="147" /> -<p class="caption">NESSMUK RANGE.</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo079b.png" alt="" width="445" height="237" /> -<p class="caption">SMALL COOK FIRE.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p>In dry weather you and I could go out into -the woods anywhere, and with a match not -much bigger than a good-sized darning -needle, set a blaze that would sweep over a -whole county, or from county to county, or -from state to state. Millions of dollars’ -worth of damage would be done, and the -chances are that the careless, wanton act -would be the means of having us put into -prison—which is precisely where, given such -circumstances, we should be.</p> - -<p>Have we ever stopped to think for a moment, -we who camp so joyfully, what loss -and injury such carelessness on our part may -mean to a whole community? To begin -with, there are the forests themselves, and -all they represent in actual timber, in promise -for future growth, and in security for<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page81">[81]</a></span> -rain supply. Then in fighting the fire thousands -of dollars’ worth of wages will have -to be paid and hundreds of men’s lives will -be in danger. The sweep and fury of such -forest fires, unless one has lived in the neighborhood -of one as I have, is beyond the comprehension -or the imagination. Burning -brands are blown sixty feet and more over -the tops of the highest trees and the heads -of the men who are fighting the fire. Before -they can check the blaze of the fire -nearest them, one beyond them has already -been started.</p> - -<p>Also there are the life aspects, big and -small, of such a fire. Not only are the lives -of the men who fight the blaze endangered, -but all the homes, camps, farmhouses, villages, -and their inmates are in imminent risk. -What it has taken others years to gather together, -to construct, may be swept away in -a few hours. Helpless old people, equally -helpless little children—all may be burned.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page82">[82]</a></span></p> - -<p>Beyond this question of human life, which -every one will admit is a very great one, is -still another which, I am sorry to say, will -not seem so important to some girls. Maybe -it is not, but if you have ever heard the -screams of an animal, terrified by fire, being -burned to death, as I have; if you have ever -heard the blind frenzied terror of the stampede -which takes place, the beating of hoofs -and the screams of creatures that are trying -to escape, but do not know how, as I have -heard them—then you will have a new sense -of the tragedy which a forest fire means to -the creatures of the forest. Of a forest fire -it may be said, as of an evil, that there is -absolutely no good in it: it is all bad, all devastating, -all injurious.</p> - -<p>In a forest fire scores, hundreds, thousands -of wild creatures are killed, those little -creatures which, given the chance, are so -friendly with their human brothers. Think, -the little chickadees, tame, gay, resourceful,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page83">[83]</a></span> -filling even the winter woods with their -song, the tiny wrens, the beautiful thrushes, -the squirrels and chipmunks, who need only -half an invitation and something on the table -to accept your offer of a nut cutlet, the rabbit -who lets you come within a few feet of him -while he still nibbles grass, and looks trustingly -at you out of his round prominent eyes, -the bear that thrusts his head out of the edge -of the woods, full of curiosity to see what -you are doing, the deer, even the little fawn, -who will become your playmate and take -sugar from your hand—all these trusting, -interested, friendly creatures are killed by -the hundreds of thousands in a forest fire. -The smoke stifles them, the loud reports of -the wood gases escaping from the burning -trees terrify them, and the light and heat -confuse them. It is difficult to find a single -good thing to say for a forest fire. It spells -devastation, loss, untold suffering, and in its -path there is only desolation. The merciful<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page84">[84]</a></span> -fire-weed springs up after it, trying with its -summer flame to cover the black ravage, -the gutted ground, where the demon has -burned deep into the peaty subsoil. Everywhere -one sees what an awful fight for life -has taken place: thousands of little birds, -suffocated by the smoke, have dropped into -the flames, thousands of creatures, tortured -by the heat, have rushed into the fire instead -of away from it. Worse than the flood is -fire, because the suffering is so much the -greater. Somehow there is something utterly, -irredeemably tragic to any one who -has gone over these great fire-swept stretches -of land in our country; the thick stagnant -water that is left, the charred bones, and -the look of waste which shall never meet in -the space of a human life with repair.</p> - -<p>No time to put out the camp fire? That -little fire will just go out of itself, will it? -Yes, probably, when it has accomplished -what I have described for you, when it has<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page85">[85]</a></span> -killed happy life, razed the beautiful trees, -gutted out the earth, and devoured, careless -of agony, all that it will have. Fire is the -dragon of our modern wilderness, and it will -be glutted and gorged, and not satisfied until -it is. That jolly little camp fire is worth -keeping an eye on, it is worth the trouble, -even if we have to go half a mile to fetch it, -to get a pail of water and ring the embers -around with the wet so that the fire cannot -spread. Never leave a camp fire burning; -no registered guide would do such a thing, -and no sportsman. It is only those who -don’t know or who are criminally careless -who would. If the public will not take responsibility -in this matter, the fire wardens -are helpless. Some enemies these men must -inevitably fight: the lightning which strikes a -dead, punky stump in the midst of dry -woods, which, smouldering a long while, finally -bursts into flame; the spark from an -engine; even spontaneous combustion due to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page86">[86]</a></span> -imprisoned gases acted upon by sun-heat. -But there is one enemy which the fire wardens -should not need to meet, and that is -man: the boy or girl camping, the man who -drops a cigar stump or match carelessly onto -dry leaves, the hunter who uses combustible -wadding in his shotgun. Let us help the fire -wardens, those men who live on lonely mountain -summits or in the midst of the wilderness -with eyes ever vigilant to detect the -starting of a fire—let us help, I say, these -fire wardens to get rid of one nuisance at -least, and let us keep our great, cool, wonderful -American forests as beautiful as they -have ever been and should always be for -those who are in a holiday humor.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page87">[87]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER VIII<br /> -<span class="fsize80">OTHER SMOKE</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">T</span><span class="startword0">here</span> will not be much opportunity -to dwell on all the wealth of -information that comes to the -real camper. The life of the woods is not -only a lively one, but one teeming with intelligences -and the kind of information which -one can get no place else. My years of -camping have stored my mind full of pictures -and full of memories about which I -could write indefinitely. In the practical activities -of camp life we mustn’t forget that -the silent wonderful life of the wilderness -is ours to study if we but bring keen eyes to -it, quick hearing and receptive minds.</p> - -<p>Let me tell you of one experience which -I had some four years ago on the edge of a -solitary little pond in the forest wilderness.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page88">[88]</a></span> -Our way lay over a narrow trail, now -through birches full of light, then through -maples, past spruce and other trees, down, -down, down toward the little pond which lay -like a jewel at the bottom of a hollow. It -was a favorite spot for beavers and we were -going to watch them work. Their rising -time is sundown, so we should be there before -they were up. It was growing quieter -and quieter in the ever-quiet woods, and when -we hid ourselves behind some bushes near -the edge of the pond on the opposite side -from the beaver houses, there was scarcely -a sound, and the drip of the water from a -heron’s wings as the bird mounted in flight, -seemed astonishingly loud.</p> - -<p>Soon the beavers, unaware of us, came -out of their houses and began to work, -steadily and silently. We knew them for -what they were, builders of dams, of -bridges, of houses, mighty in battle so that -a single stroke from their broad flat tails<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page89">[89]</a></span> -kills a dog instantly, wood cutters, carriers -of mud and stone—animals endowed with -almost human intelligence and with an industry -greater than human. And I never -saw work done more quietly, efficiently and -silently than I did that night by the edge of -Beaver Pond.</p> - -<p>As we sat there peering through the -bushes I thought instinctively of the silent -work which we do within ourselves or which -is done for us. Deep down within us so -much is going on of which “we,” as we -speak of the conscious outer self, are not -aware. Take, for example, the frequent -and common experience of forgetting a word -or a name. Despite the greatest effort we -cannot recall it, and finding ourselves helpless -we dismiss the matter from our minds -and go on to other things. Suddenly, without -any seeming effort on our part the word -has come to us. Now this reveals a great -truth about a great silent power: <i>all we have<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page90">[90]</a></span> -to do is to set the right forces to work and -frequently the work is done for us</i>. With -this serviceable power within us, why not -make use of it habitually? It renews itself -constantly and waits for us to call upon it -for protection, for comfort, for correction -and strength. It insists only that we think -as nearly rightly as we can. Beavers of silence -are busy within us.</p> - -<p>Much of the work of this silent power is -done in our sleep-time. It is important, -therefore, that our last thoughts at night and -our first in the morning should be the best of -which we are capable. Prayer is a profound -acknowledgment of this power within us. -We have all heard the expression, “the night -brings counsel.” And probably most of us -have said, “Oh, well, we’ll just sleep on -that!” Why “sleep on it”? Because we -have confidence in this silent power whose -processes, whether we sleep or wake, are -constantly at work within us, even as night<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page91">[91]</a></span> -and day, a natural power, directs the growth -of tree and flower. Again we have counted -upon the work of industrious beavers of silence—the -silent workers within each one of -us.</p> - -<p>The woods are full of lessons never to be -learned any place else. Insensibly are we, -in this vast big intelligent life of the forest, -led on to meditate about the things we see. -I often wish not only that I could place myself -at certain times in those solitary places -by edge of pond, deep in forest, on the hillside, -following the trail, but also that I -might send a friend or two to the healing -which can be found in the wilderness. For -example, the girls who find nothing but -troubles and vexations in life, who groan if -the conversation languishes, are likely to -have some of their troubles slip away from -them and their talk become more cheerful. -Who can be in the woods, who can live in -the great out of doors and not feel optimistic,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page92">[92]</a></span> -at least hopeful and interested? To -every girl inclined to be moody, often to -suffer from the conviction that living is difficult -and perhaps not worth while, I commend -camp life. Activity, distraction are its -powerful and wholesome remedies for melancholy. -In that life one is obliged to work -mind and body much as the beavers work, -one’s attention is held to something every -minute. The whole current of our thoughts -has been changed and for the time being we -are distracted from the old bruised ways of -thinking. The very alteration that comes -with wood life gives us a chance to think -rightly. Who can be troubled or bored or -bad tempered and follow the trail? Who -can be indifferent and be conscious of the -energy and intelligence of beaver and squirrel, -of rabbit and bird, of deer and moose? -Soon the whole misery-breeding brood of -cares, of doubts, of perplexities that existed -before we left our home drop away from us.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page93">[93]</a></span> -We can use the influence of this vast sane -life of the wilderness for ourselves and by -its strength make good.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page94">[94]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER IX<br /> -<span class="fsize80">FITTING UP THE CAMP FOR USE</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">A</span><span class="startword0">ny</span> girl who has crossed the ocean -knows how impossible, the first -time she entered her little white -cabin, that bit of space looked as a place -in which to sleep and to spend part of her -time. There seemed to be no room in it -for anything; it was difficult to turn -around in, there were so few hooks on which -to hang things, and the berth—dear me, that -berth! So her thoughts ran. Yet gradually, -as she learned the ropes, she was able to -make it homelike. With experience she -learned that the more bags she had in which -to put things, the easier it was to keep this -little stateroom in order. The next time she -took with her every conceivable sort of bag -for every conceivable sort of object. Also<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page95">[95]</a></span> -she had learned that the more she could do -without unnecessary things in her cabin and -steamer trunk, the more comfort was hers -to enjoy. By the time she had crossed the -ocean often, she had learned the art of having -little but all that she needed with her—the -art of making herself comfortable in a -stateroom.</p> - -<p>Even so is there an art in learning how to -camp, a happy art of which there is always -something left to learn. The oldest campers -never get beyond the point where they -can make a slight improvement in their kit -or their methods. In the end you will work -out your own salvation for the kind of camping -you wish to do. It is my intention to -point out to you only what might be called -the ground plan of fitting up a camp for use. -Those little individual adaptations which -every one of us makes, increasing familiarity -with camp life will help you to make for -yourselves.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page96">[96]</a></span></p> - -<p>First, last, and always, when making out -your camp lists, revise them carefully with -the idea of cutting out everything unnecessary. -All besides what you actually need -will be clutter. The best way to do is to -make out your lists, putting down everything -that comes to you. Then go over them -by yourselves and a second time with some -one else. Your check lists for camp are important -and should always be conscientiously -made out, with nothing left to chance, nothing -done hit or miss.</p> - -<p>If you are to furnish a camp, remember -that your packing boxes can do great work -in helping to set you up in your new home. -In rough camping such boxes do well for -dressers, washstands and, with a little carpentry, -also for clothes presses. A piece of -enameled cloth on the top of the one to be -used as a washstand, and a towel or white -curtain strung on a string in front of it, behind -which you can put dirty clothes, make<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page97">[97]</a></span> -a thoroughly satisfactory article of furniture. -In camp there is no need to think -about elegance. Fitness and usefulness are -all the girl need ever consider. It is astonishing -how much beauty your homely cabin -and white tent will acquire—a beauty all -their own.</p> - -<p>For tent camping the usual camp cot bed -is probably most satisfactory, for it is light -and readily carried. If you are on the march -and carrying at the most a tent fly for protection, -you will, of course, sleep on bough -beds or browse beds. Small, cut saplings, -well trimmed, make good springs for beds. -Any guide can help you to make the beds, -and you would better be about it early, for -it takes a good three-quarters of an hour to -make a comfortable bough bed. Perhaps a -few suggestions will not come amiss. You -will, of course, have both good hunting -knives, worn in a leather sheath on a leather -belt, and belt-sheath hatchets. With the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page98">[98]</a></span> -hatchet cut down a stout little balsam tree. -From this break the tips from the big -branches, having them about one foot in -length. These foot-length stems make -good bed springs and are the only bed -springs you will have on a balsam couch unless -you provide the spring yourself because -of some green worm who is industriously -measuring off the length of your nose, no -doubt in amazement that there should be -anything so extraordinarily long in the -world. However, he is a harmless little -chap, and the balsam tree having treated -him very kindly, he will be greatly surprised -at any other kind of entertainment which he -may receive from you. Now, having got your -“feathers,” select a smooth piece of ground -with a slight slope toward the foot. Press -the stems of the feathers into the earth, laying -them tier after tier as you have seen a -roof shingled, until your bed is wide enough, -long enough, and soft enough to give you a<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page99">[99]</a><br /><a id="Page100">[100]</a></span> -good and sweet-scented night of sleep upon -it. Lay a fair-sized log along each side and -across the foot. This balsam bough bed can -be made up as often as you wish with fresh -feathers. Place one blanket on top and it is -ready for your use. If you have got pitch -on your hands in doing this, rub them with -a little butter or lard and it will come off.</p> - -<div class="plate" id="Fig4"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo099a.jpg" alt="" width="531" height="321" /> -<p class="caption">DR. CARRINGTON’S SLEEPING BAG.</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo099b.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="232" /> -<p class="caption">“KENWOOD” SLEEPING BAG.</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo099c.png" alt="" width="587" height="282" /> -<p class="caption">RUSTIC CAMP COT.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p class="allclear">There is still an easier bed to make. A -bag of stout bed ticking, filled with leaves -and grass, forms an excellent mattress and -has the virtue of being portable, for the bag -can always be emptied, folded up, packed, -and refilled at the next camp ground. A thin -rubber blanket or poncho laid over this -makes it an absolutely dry bed at all times. -If you are to camp in a log cabin, probably -the most comfortable bed for you to plan is -a spring, bought at the nearest village, and -nailed onto log posts a foot and a half high. -With your ticking mattress filled with straw, -your day lived in the great out of doors, no<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page101">[101]</a></span> -one will need to wish you pleasant slumber.</p> - -<p>It is well to have a good supply of tarlatan -on hand. This is finer than mosquito -netting and therefore more impervious to -stinging insects. If you camp in June, or -the first week or so in July, you are likely -in many parts of the country to find black -flies, mosquitoes, and midges to battle -against. There should be enough tarlatan -to use over the camp bed and also enough to -cover completely a hat with a brim and to -fall down about the neck, where it can be -tied under the collar. A more expensive -head-net of black silk Brussels net can be -made. This costs a good deal more, but -the great advantage of it is, that the black -does not alter the colors of the world out -upon which one looks. Don’t make any -mistake about the importance of some kind -of netting and fly dope, or “bug juice,” as -the antidotes for insect bites are sometimes -called. There are various kinds of fly dope,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page102">[102]</a></span> -any one of which is likely to prove useful. -There is an excellent recipe for the making -of your own fly dope in Breck’s “Way of the -Woods,” which I give here.<a id="FNanchor_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a> A tiny vial of -ammonia will also prove useful. One drop -on a bite will often stop further poisoning -from an insect sting. Inquiries should always -be made beforehand whether one is -likely to encounter black flies and midges. -Those who have met them once are not -likely to wish to have a second unprotected -meeting. They are the pests of the woods -and the wilderness.</p> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_6"></a><a href="#FNanchor_6"><span class="label">[6]</span></a> “Breck’s Dope:</p> - -<table class="breck" summary="repellent"> - -<tr> -<td class="left padr4">Pine tar</td> -<td class="right padl1 padr1">3</td> -<td class="center">oz.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="left padr4">Olive oil</td> -<td class="right padl1 padr1">2</td> -<td class="center">“</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="left padr4">Oil pennyroyal</td> -<td class="right padl1 padr1">1</td> -<td class="center">“</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="left padr4">Citronella</td> -<td class="right padl1 padr1">1</td> -<td class="center">“</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="left padr4">Creosote</td> -<td class="right padl1 padr1">1</td> -<td class="center">“</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="left padr4">Camphor (pulverized)</td> -<td class="right padl1 padr1">1</td> -<td class="center">“</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td colspan="3" class="left">Large tube carbolated vaseline.</td> -</tr> - -</table> - -<p>Heat the tar and oil and add the other ingredients; -simmer over slow fire until well mixed. The tar may be -omitted if disliked.”</p> - -</div><!--footnote--> - -<p>I will give, just as they occur to me, a few<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page103">[103]</a></span> -other articles which will be useful in the camp -life: a small cake of camphor to break over -things in the knapsack and keep off crawlers; -a small emergency box containing surgeon’s -plaster and the usual things; vaseline, -witch hazel; jack knife; tool kit; a map of -the region in which you are camping and a -diary in which to take notes. To these might -be added sewing articles, a sleeping bag if -you care to use one, and a folding brown -duck waterpail. The catalog from any -sporting goods place will suggest a thousand -other articles which you may care to have.</p> - -<p>With a few planks to saw up into lengths, -and a few white birch saplings, a most attractive -camp dinner table can be made. -Over this a piece of white oilcloth should -be laid and kept clean by the use of a little -sapolio. It is best not to buy an expensive -stove for the cabin. A second-hand kitchen -range, which can be purchased for a few -dollars, will do quite well for the cooking<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page104">[104]</a></span> -cabin or shack, and an open Franklin stove -for the living cabin. If one is going to camp -in tents and wants a stove in one of them, -it will be necessary to buy a regular tent -stove. Anything else would not be safe.</p> - -<p>As far as actual furniture is concerned, -except for camp stools or benches and camp -chairs, if you wish to be very elegant, the -camp is now furnished. But there are still -to be considered the necessary utensils for -cooking and other purposes. I will enumerate -them again just as they occur to me, -and not necessarily in the order of their importance: -kerosene oil can, molasses jug, -pails, a tin baker, a teapot, tin and earthen -dishes, tin and earthen cups, basins for -washing, pans for baking and for milk, dishpans, -dishmop, double boiler, broiler, knives, -forks, teaspoons, tablespoons, mixing spoons, -pepper box, salt shaker, nutmeg grater, flour -sifter, can opener, frying pans—one with a -long handle for use in cooking over open<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page105">[105]</a></span> -fires—butcher knife, bread knife, lantern, -bucket, egg beater, potato masher, rolling -pin, axe, hatchet, nails, hammer, toilet paper, -woolen blankets, rubber blankets, crash for -dish towels, yellow soap, some wire, twine, -tacks, and a small fireless cooker if you know -how to use one. A good fireless cooker can -be built on the premises.</p> - -<p>Possessed of these articles, any one who -knows anything about the woods can be most -comfortable. They can, of course, be added -to indefinitely. One may make camp life as -expensive and complicated as one pleases. -But to do that seems a pity, for it is against -the very good and spirit of the wilderness -life. The wood life and all its new and invigorating -experience should take us back to -nature. It is for that we go into the wilderness -and not to bring with us the luxuries of -civilization. Part of the wholesomeness of -camp life lies in learning to do without, in -the fine simplicity which we are obliged to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page106">[106]</a></span> -practice there. Common sense is the law of -the wilderness life, and let us be sure that -we follow that law.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page107">[107]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER X<br /> -<span class="fsize80">THE POCKETBOOK</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">O</span><span class="startword0">ne</span> of the objects of some girls -on their camping expeditions is -to keep the trip from becoming -too expensive. The maximum of value -must be got from the minimum of pence. -And I think that is as it should be, for, -with economy, the life is kept nearer a -simple ideal, is made more active and more -wholesome. All sorts and conditions of -camping have been my lot, the five-dollar-a-day -camping in a log cabin (?) equipped -with running water and a porcelain tub, and -the kind of camping one does under a fly -with the rain and sunshine and wind driving -in at their pleasure. Although I do not advise -the latter as far as health results are -concerned, given that the party is in fair<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page108">[108]</a></span> -condition they will be none the worse for the -experiment.</p> - -<p>Camping for a party of four or five should -usually cost something between eight dollars -and eighteen dollars apiece per week. This -rate includes a guide and a good deal of -service, a rowboat, a canoe, and no care -about food. But the longer I camp the more -I am of the opinion that the simpler and -more independent the life is, the greater -health and pleasure it will bring. It has -been said about camping, “Much for little: -much health, much good fellowship and good -temper, much enjoyment of beauty—and all -for little money and, rightly judged, for no -trouble at all.”</p> - -<div class="plate" id="Fig5"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo109a.png" alt="" width="239" height="226" /> -<p class="caption">“TANALITE” WATERPROOF<br />WALL TENT.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo109b.png" alt="" width="275" height="226" /> -<p class="caption">TOILET TENT.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="split6733"> - -<div class="leftsplit6733"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo109c.png" alt="" width="348" height="260" /> -<p class="caption">KHAKI STANDARD ARMY DUCK WALL TENT.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit6733--> - -<div class="rightsplit6733"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo109d.png" alt="" width="140" height="260" /> -<p class="caption">TENT STOVE-PIPE<br />HOLE.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit6733--> - -</div><!--split6733--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="split4060"> - -<div class="leftsplit4060"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo109e.png" alt="" width="251" height="246" /> -<p class="caption">FRAZER CANOE TENT.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit4060--> - -<div class="rightsplit4060"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo109f.png" alt="" width="321" height="246" /> -<p class="caption">WATERPROOF DINING FLYS FOR<br />WALL TENT.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit4060--> - -</div><!--split4060--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p class="allclear">The girl who is the right sort gets more -fun out of camp life when she does at least -part of the work herself. Let her economize -and use her own ingenuity and do the work. -Any group of three or four girls can provide -all the necessary “grub” for themselves at -$3<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page109">[109]</a><br /><a id="Page110">[110]</a></span> -a week per capita. This sum does not include -rental or purchase of tent. A good -tent, 7 × 7, big enough for two at a pinch, -can be bought complete (this does not include -fly) for about $7. You can get tents second-hand -often for a song, or as a loan, or you -can rent your tent for 10 cents a day. Get -at least a few numbers of one or several of -the following sporting magazines: <i>Outing</i>, -<i>Country Life in America</i>, <i>Forest and Stream</i>, -<i>Field and Stream</i>, <i>Recreation</i>, <i>Rod and Gun -in Canada</i>. Look in the advertisement pages -of these magazines for the names of sporting -goods houses and send for catalogs. Then -choose your style of tent. The different kinds -of tents are legion. The Kenyon Take-Down -House, too, is a capital camp home. -It is “skeet”-proof and fly-proof. Send to -Michigan for a catalog, and then go like -the classic turtle with your shell on your back. -In groups of four or more, the $10 laid by -for a vacation should bring two holiday<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page111">[111]</a></span> -weeks—possibly a day or so over; $15, three -weeks and a bit over, and $20 a whole glorious -month. Expensive camping may be the -“style” in certain localities, but it is not necessarily -the “fun.”</p> - -<p>For eight weeks this past summer my -family of two members camped with two -servants. In addition we had the occasional -services of a man who did all the heavy -work. There was not enough for the servants -to do in the cottage and log cabin of -our establishment. They were discontented, -faultfinding, and wholly out of the spirit of -camp life. All of the day that their tone of -voice reached was helplessly ruined. The -only way to keep the camp joy and pleasure -was to keep out of their way. On our camp -table we had silver, embroidered linen -cloths, the same food, in almost the same -variety, that we had it at home, and the -same amount of service. All I can say is -that it was a perfect nuisance—as perfectly<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page112">[112]</a></span> -planned and executed a nuisance as one could -well conceive. Everywhere these servants -looked they found things which did not suit -them. What I think they wished was a modest -twenty-thousand-dollar cottage in that -great and wonderful wilderness.</p> - -<div class="plate w500" id="Fig6"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo113a.png" alt="" width="441" height="260" /> -<p class="caption">FRAME FOR BOUGH LEAN-TO.</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo113b.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="308" /> -<p class="caption">BOUGH LEAN-TO.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p>In the autumn I camped alone for two -weeks in a log cabin. I say alone. I was not -alone, for I had three friends with me—a -collie puppy, a blind fawn, and a year-old -cat. They were the best of companions—for -better I could not have asked. I never -heard a word of faultfinding, and I was witness -to a great deal of joy. It is a curious -fact about camp life that if a girl has weak -places in her character, if she is selfish or -peevish or faultfinding or untidy, these -weaknesses will all come out. But my four-footed -friends were good nature itself, -young, growing, happy, contented. And -they had excellent appetites. I tell you this -because I want you to see how much of an<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page113">[113]</a><br /><a id="Page114">[114]</a></span> -item their food was in the expenses I shall -enumerate. This might be called a little intimate -history of at least one camp pocketbook. -The fawn had a quart of milk a day -and much lettuce, together with the kind of -food which deer live upon: leaves, grass, -clover, ferns. I had to pay for her bedding -of hay. The puppy and the cat shared another -quart of milk between them. The cat -hunted by night, but the puppy was fed entirely -by hand on bread, milk, an occasional -egg, cereals, and vegetables. My own fare -consisted of all the bread and butter I -wished, cocoa, condensed milk, bananas, apples, -eggs, potatoes, beans, nuts, raisins, -cauliflower, chocolate, and a few other articles. -And there was, too, the denatured -alcohol to be paid for—a heavy item, for I -used only a chafing dish and a small spirit -lamp. The milk was eight cents a quart on -account of the carriage, the butter was -thirty-eight cents a pound, the eggs twenty-five<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page115">[115]</a></span> -cents a dozen. Except for cutting up -and splitting the wood for my open Franklin -stove, the wood cost me nothing. But I -paid a man a dollar for half a day’s work. -We weren’t seven, but we were four in that -camp community. How much do you think -the food for all averaged per week in those -two weeks? Three dollars a week, and we -had all that we wanted and more, too.</p> - -<p>When girls plan carefully and intelligently, -when they exercise good sense in the -cooking and care of food, there is no reason -why, with a party of four or five girls, from -three dollars to four dollars apiece per week -should not cover all living, exclusive, of -course, of the traveling expenses. And the -camping can be done for less. I commend -these expense items to all Vacation Bureaus -and to Camp Fire Girls.</p> - -<p>In the two weeks I camped alone I was -very busy with my writing. To this I was -obliged to give most of the daylight. Besides<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page116">[116]</a></span> -this, I had much business correspondence -to attend to. It takes time to care properly -for animals, and my pets had not only -to be fed, but also to be brushed and generally -cared for. I planned to spend some -time every day with the blind fawn so that -I might amuse her. I did all these things, -took care of my little cabin, had time for a -walk every afternoon, and went to bed when -the birds did, to get up the next morning at -five o’clock. Had I been able to give my -thought entirely to the food question, I am -certain that the expense of these items might -have been made even less.</p> - -<p>Some girls will think this is getting back -to the simple life with a vengeance. So it was -but I can assure you that those two weeks -were most happy and profitable in every -way—far better than the over-served, over-fed -months which had preceded them. For -any girl who needs to forget how superficial -to the real needs of life the luxuries are;<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page117">[117]</a></span> -for any girl who is lazy in household ways; -for any girl who needs character building; -for any girl who is in need of deep breathing -and the pines; for any girl who wants -more active life than she gets in her own -home; for any girl who is of an experimental -or adventurous turn of mind; for -any girl who needs to be drawn away from -her books; for any girl who wants to form -new friendships in a big, sane, and beautiful -world where the greetings are all friendly; -for any girl—for every girl—who wants -much for little; the log cabin, the tent, the -shack in the wilderness, by pond or lake, -upon the hillsides or in the valleys, will -prove a “joy forever.”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page118">[118]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER XI<br /> -<span class="fsize80">THE CAMP DOG</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">W</span><span class="startword0">hen</span> I began to go into the wilderness -to camp, I was much -more credulous than I am now. -Everywhere I went in the woods I saw an -implement which looked like a cross between -a pickaxe with a long handle and the largest -pair of tweezers ever seen. This was always -lying up against something as if just -ready for use, much as one sees an axe resting -against a cabin wall or on a chopping -block. I couldn’t make out what this could -be used for. Finally, curiosity getting the -better of me and no opportunity for seeing -it used offering itself, I asked.</p> - -<p>“Oh, that,” answered the guide with a -twinkle in his eye, “that is the camp dog.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page119">[119]</a></span></p> - -<p>“How nice!” I thought. “Why is it -called camp dog?”</p> - -<p>“Well, you see it does most of the work -for us and being so faithful and handy -we’ve just got naturally into the way of calling -it a camp dog.”</p> - -<p>I was still more impressed when he gave -me then and there several illustrations of -its usefulness. But the end of the tale of -the camp dog is not yet,—in fact it was a -very long tale for me, the end of which you -shall have in good season.</p> - -<p>Generally speaking it may be said that it -is the guide and not this implement which is -the camp dog. It is he who is faithful, always -handy, always willing. And it is he -who is more imposed upon than any other -member of the camp community. The guide -is a responsible person,—<i>the</i> responsible -person. He is usually registered and his -pay is always good. He needs every dollar -he gets and every bit of authority, too, for<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page120">[120]</a></span> -he works hard and often for groups of -people who are thorough in only one respect -and that is in their irresponsibility. -The guide has to be sure that fires are kindled -in the right places and that they are -really out when they should be; he must -keep his party from foolhardy acts of any -kind; he must be sure that they have a good -time and certain that they are not overtaxed; -if it comes off cold or is cold, he must keep -them warm; he must see, despite every vicissitude, -that they are enjoying themselves; he -must do the cooking—and he must be a -good cook,—boil the coffee, wash the -dishes, pitch and strike the tents; he must -pilot the members of the party to the best -places for fishing, often bait their hooks or -teach them how to bait, dig their worms; -and give their first lessons in casting a fly; -must instruct them in all necessary wood -craft and keep them from shooting wildly; -he must see that the game laws of the state<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page121">[121]</a></span> -are observed, also the fire laws; if anything -should happen to a member of his party, -he will, in all likelihood, be held responsible -for it; and finally, always and all the time, -no matter how he himself feels, he must be -agreeable, obliging, useful.</p> - -<p>Now if the man who has all these burdens -to bear is not a camp dog, I should -like to know what he is? To those of us -who have been into the woods year after -year, it is a sort of boundless irritation to -see some members of the camping party -sitting about idle while the guide does the -work. Part of the value of camp life is its -activity, its activities. Another part of its -good is the skill which comes from learning -to be useful in the woods. The life out-of-doors -should be a constant training in -manual work,—call it wood work if you -wish. I am reminded of a story told in -“Vanity Fair” about a lazy, indifferent student -who was in the class of a famous physicist.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page122">[122]</a></span> -The freshman sprawled in the rear -seat and was sleeping or was about to go -to sleep.</p> - -<p>“Mr. Fraser,” said the physicist sharply, -“you may recite.”</p> - -<p>Fraser opened his eyes but he did not -change his somnolent pose.</p> - -<p>“Mr. Fraser, what is work?”</p> - -<p>“Everything is work.”</p> - -<p>“What, everything is work?”</p> - -<p>“Yes, sir.”</p> - -<p>“Then I take it you would like the class -to believe that this desk is work?”</p> - -<p>“Yes, sir,” wearily, “wood work.”</p> - -<p>From the moment that school of the -woods is entered every girl has her wood -work cut out for her, if she is taking camping -in the right spirit. It is all team play -in the wilderness, or if it is not, it is a rather -poor game. Helpfulness is one of the first -rules and every camper should be willing -to help the guide. Usually the guides are a<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page123">[123]</a></span> -fine set of self respecting, dignified, resourceful -men. And I think it might be said with -considerable truthfulness that when they are -not what they ought to be, it is nine times -out of ten due to the undesirable influence -of the parties they have worked for. Your -guide is your equal in most respects and -your superior in others. He should be met -on a footing of equality. I use this word -advisedly and I do <i>not</i> mean familiarity. -Well-bred girls do not meet anyone, whether -in the wilderness or in civilization, on -this footing immediately. The party should -be willing and glad to help the guide in -every possible way. That does not signify -doing his work for him but it does indicate -helping him.</p> - -<p>A routine of some sort should be adopted -and is one of the best ways to assist him. -One girl should be on duty at one time and -another at another and all in regular rotation. -No camp life can go on successfully<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page124">[124]</a></span> -without some law and order of this sort. For -it is just as necessary for the smooth running -of household wheels in the log cabin as it -is in the city home. Whoever occupies the -guide’s position, that is the one who is chiefly -responsible for everything, should be ably -helped by the whole party but not by the -whole party at the same time. Evolve a -system for the particular conditions of the -camp life in which you find yourself and -stick to it. Let one girl or one set of girls -help one day and another the next. Let the -girl be detailed to do one kind of work one -day and another another. This system, -with proper rotation, means that nobody -gets tired of her work. A girl cannot be -too self-reliant if she is ever to be wise in -the way of the woods. There is no need -for discouragement if everything is not -learned at once, for camping is like skating -and is an art to be learned only through -many tumbles and mistakes. Be prepared<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page125">[125]</a></span> -to take it and yourself lightly—in short, to -laugh readily over the mistakes made in the -art of living in the woods.</p> - -<p>Now we have come to the very tip of the -tail of the camp dog. You will be interested -to know how an old timer was obliged to -laugh at herself. I am ashamed to tell you -how recently this occurred. I was in the -northernmost wilderness of the state of -Maine, and near a big lumber camp, when -I saw a “camp dog” lying on the ground, -its long axe handle shining from use, its -pickaxe blade a bright steel color, and the -tooth at the back looking as if it had been -often used. I was delighted.</p> - -<p>“Oh,” I said to my guide, “look at that -camp dog lying there!”</p> - -<p>He was particularly attentive to my pronunciation, -for he said I pronounced some -words, such as “girl,” as he had never heard -them pronounced before. I saw a curious -expression pass across his face.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page126">[126]</a></span></p> - -<p>“What did you say that was?” he asked.</p> - -<p>“Why, that camp dog lying there.”</p> - -<p>“Camp dog!”</p> - -<p>Then he began to laugh and he kept right -on until the woods echoed with his roars.</p> - -<p>“Well,” he said finally, wiping away the -tears, “if that doesn’t beat everything! That -isn’t a camp dog, that’s a cant dog,—you -know what you cant logs and heavy things -over with, roll ’em over and pry ’em up with -when you couldn’t do it any other way. My -grief, to think of your calling that a camp -dog all these years!”</p> - -<p>And he went off into another guffaw.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page127">[127]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER XII<br /> -<span class="fsize80">THE OUTDOOR TRAINING SCHOOL</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">M</span><span class="startword0">any</span> girls think of outdoor life -as of something to be enjoyed -if they have plenty of time. As -a matter of course they take their daily -bath. But the outdoor exercise comes as -an accessory. It is still unfortunately true -that boys more than girls take camp life -for granted. Yet girls, and students particularly, -should realize that it is economy of -time to be out of doors. This they need -both for their work and for their health. -Outdoor exercise, with its bath of fresh air -and the natural bath of freshly circulating -blood it brings with it, its training school -for the whole girl, is as essential as the tub -or sponge bath. But how many of us think -of it in that way?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page128">[128]</a></span></p> - -<p>To be outdoors is to have the nerves -keyed to the proper pitch. If fresh air is -not a tonic to the nerves, then why is it -that moodiness and depression fall away as -we walk or row or lie under the trees, and -we become saner and more serene? When -one is depressed the best thing to do is to -go out of doors. Altogether aside from -any formal wisdom of book or student or -teacher, there is wisdom with nature. <i>If -the head is tired, go out of doors! If the -body is fagged, go out of doors! If the -heart is troubled, go out of doors!</i> The life -out there, as no life indoors can, will make -for health, for charity, for bigness. Petty -things fall away, and with nature equanimity -and poise are found again. It isn’t necessary -to bother someone about woes real or -imaginary. All that is necessary is to get out -among the trees and flowers, the sky and -clouds, the joyous birds and little creatures -of field and wood, and hear what they have<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page129">[129]</a></span> -to say. There will be no complaining -among them, even about very real difficulties.</p> - -<p>A great deal is heard concerning hygiene -in these days, the study of it, the practice of -it. The biggest university of hygiene in the -world is not within houses but outside, up -that hillside where the trees are blowing, in -the doorway of our tent, on the lawn in -front of the house, out on the lake, even on -a city house-top, and, last resort if necessary, -by an open window. One reason why many -people are concerned about this question of -hygiene is because they know that not only -are human beings happier when they are -well and strong, but also because a healthy -person is, nine times out of ten, more moral -than one who is sick or sickly. Ill health -means offense of some kind, often one’s own, -against the laws of nature or society. We -have, too, to pay for one another’s faults. -But life lived on sound physical principles,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page130">[130]</a></span> -with plenty of sunshine, cold water, exercise, -wind, rain, simple food and sensible clothing, -is not likely to be sickly, useless or burdensome.</p> - -<div class="plate" id="Fig7"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo131a.jpg" alt="" width="241" height="350" /> -<p class="caption">BITTERN</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo131b.jpg" alt="" width="298" height="350" /> -<p class="caption">LOON</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo131c.jpg" alt="" width="278" height="205" /> -<p class="caption">PARTRIDGE</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo131d.jpg" alt="" width="255" height="205" /> -<p class="caption">RED-BREASTED MERGANSER</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo131e.jpg" alt="" width="235" height="177" /> -<p class="caption">WOODCOCK</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo131f.jpg" alt="" width="295" height="173" class="padtop4p" /> -<p class="caption">MALLARD</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p>The body is not a mechanism to be disregarded, -but an exquisitely made machine to -be exquisitely cared for. Nobody would -trust an engineer to run an engine he knows -nothing about. Yet most of us are running -our engines without any knowledge of the -machinery. Why should we excuse ourselves -for lack of knowledge and care when, for -the same reasons a chauffeur, for example, -would be immediately dismissed? How -many of us know that the nerves are more -or less dependent upon the muscles for their -tone? How many of us realize how important -it is to keep in perfect muscular -condition? We sit hour after hour in our -chairs, all our muscles relaxed, bending over -books, and begrudge one hour—it ought to -be three or four!—out of doors. The person<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page131">[131]</a><br /><a id="Page132">[132]</a></span> -who can run furthest and swiftest is the -one with the strongest heart. The person -who can work longest and to the greatest advantage -is the one who has kept his bodily -health.<span class="nowrap">... <i>It</i></span> <i>may be laid down as an absolute -rule that any individual can do more and -better work when he is well than when he is -not in good physical condition.</i> Ceaseless activity -is the law of nature and the body that -is resolutely active does not grow old as -rapidly as the one that is physically indolent.</p> - -<p>Much out-of-door life, much camping, -keep one young in heart, too. It isn’t possible -to grow old or sophisticated among -such a wealth of joyous, wholesome friendships -as may be found in nature, where no -unclean word is ever heard and where no -unfriendliness, no false pride, no jealousy -can exist. A great English poet, William -Wordsworth, has told us more of the shaping -power of nature, its quickening spirit, -its power of restoration, than any other<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page133">[133]</a></span> -poet. It would be well for every girl to take -that wonderful poem “Tintern Abbey” out -of doors and read it there. Wordsworth, -still a very young man when he wrote it, -tells how he loved the Welsh landscape and -the tranquil restoration it had brought him</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> -<div class="poem"> -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i3">“’mid the din<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Of towns and cities.”<br /></span> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>A higher gift he acknowledges, too, when -through the harmony and joy of nature he -had been led to see deeply “into the life of -things.”</p> - -<p>There is something the matter with a girl -who hasn’t an appetite, as sharp as hunger, -to escape from her books and camp out of -doors. If outdoor life cannot engross her -wholly at times, banishing all thoughts of -work, then she should make an effort to -forget books and everything connected with -them for a while. A young girl ought to be -skillful in all sorts of outdoor accomplishments,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page134">[134]</a></span> -rowing, swimming, riding and driving -if possible, canoeing, skating, sailing a -boat, fishing, hunting, mountain climbing.</p> - -<p>Fortunately there is more of the play-spirit -connected with outdoor life than there -used to be. Both school and college have -fostered this wholesome attitude. If a girl -doesn’t like active sports she should cultivate -a love for them. You can always trust -a person who is accomplished in physical -ways, for anyone who has led an intelligent -out-of-door life is more self-reliant. Her -faculty for doing things, her inventiveness, -her poise, her “nerve” are all strengthened. -I recall an instance of this “faculty” and inventiveness. -We were on a wild Maine lake -when an accident happened to the canoe, a -necessity to our return, for we were far -away from all sources of help. Apparently -there was nothing with which to mend it. -But our Indian guide found there everything -he needed ready for his use. He scraped<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page135">[135]</a><br /><a id="Page136">[136]</a></span> -gum off a tree, he cut a piece of bark, and -then he rummaged about until he discovered -an old wire. With these things he securely -mended a big hole. Oftentimes it seems as -if the very appliances with which city children -are provided tend to make them incapable.</p> - -<div class="plate" id="Fig8"> - -<div class="figcenter"> - -<img src="images/illo135a.jpg" alt="" width="526" height="250" /> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padl6">YELLOWBIRD</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption">FIELD SPARROW</p> -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -<p class="caption padl3">GOLDEN-CROWNED THRUSH</p> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr4">SONG SPARROW</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr8">CHIPPING SPARROW</p> -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<div class="hh"> -<p class="caption">YELLOWBIRD, FIELD SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW, GOLDEN CROWNED THRUSH</p> -</div><!--hh--> - -</div><!--figcenter--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo135b.jpg" alt="" width="524" height="164" /> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padl8">WOOD THRUSH</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<p class="caption padl4">HERMIT THRUSH</p> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr6">SWAINSON’S THRUSH</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr8">WILSON’S THRUSH</p> -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<div class="hh"> - -<p class="caption">WOOD THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, WILSON’S THRUSH</p> - -</div><!--hh--> - -</div><!--figcenter--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo136c.jpg" alt="" width="509" height="151" /> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padl8">PHŒBE BIRD</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr4">SCARLET TANAGER</p> -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr6">MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr8">BLUEBIRD</p> -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<div class="hh"> - -<p class="caption">PHŒBE BIRD, SCARLET TANAGER, MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT, BLUEBIRD</p> - -</div><!--hh--> - -</div><!--figcenter--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo136d.jpg" alt="" width="509" height="134" /> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padl8">WREN</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padl4">BLUE JAY</p> -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr6">CHICKADEE</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr8">RUBYTHROAT</p> -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<div class="hh"> - -<p class="caption">WREN, BLUE JAY, CHICKADEE, RUBYTHROAT</p> - -</div><!--hh--> - -</div><!--figcenter--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo136e.jpg" alt="" width="483" height="154" /> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padl8">WHIP-POOR-WILL</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr4">NIGHT HAWK</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr8">SCREECH OWL</p> -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<div class="hh"> - -<p class="caption">WHIP-POOR-WILL, NIGHT HAWK, SCREECH OWL</p> - -</div><!--hh--> - -</div><!--figcenter--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p>The girl who lives out of doors acquires -unlimited resourcefulness. Outdoor life -quickens and sharpens the perception. And -for the girl to have her power of observation -sharpened is worth a great deal. The -capacity for accurate and quick observation -education from books does not always develop. -One must go back to nature for -that, one must live out in the woods and -fields all one can, one must be able -to tell the scent of honeysuckle from -the scent of the rose, and know the -fragrance of milkweed even before that -homely weed is seen, and know spruce, balsam -and white pine even as one knows a<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page137">[137]</a><br /><a id="Page138">[138]</a></span> -friend. Eyes must be able to detect the differences -not only in colors and shapes of -birds, but in their flight, and ears know -every song of wood and field. Then the -services of beauty, its music, its color, its -form, will be always about us and nature’s -health and strength and beauty become our -own, not only her gaiety and “vital feelings -of delight,” but also her restraint upon -weakness, and her kindling to the highest -life—the life that is spiritual.</p> - -<div class="plate" id="Fig9"> - -<div class="split3367"> - -<div class="leftsplit3367"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo137a.jpg" alt="" width="161" height="99" /> -<p class="caption">BLACK SPRUCE</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo137c.jpg" alt="" width="204" height="193" /> -<p class="caption">BLACK OAK</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo137e.jpg" alt="" width="190" height="150" /> -<p class="caption">BIRCHES</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo137g.jpg" alt="" width="204" height="275" /> -<p class="caption">CHESTNUT</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit3367--> - -<div class="rightsplit3367"> - -<div class="figcenter"> - -<img src="images/illo137b.jpg" alt="" width="359" height="188" /> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padl6">BALSAM FIR</p> -</div> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr4">WHITE PINE</p> -</div> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<div class="hh"> - -<p class="caption">BALSAM FIR, WHITE PINE</p> - -</div><!--hh--> - -</div><!--figcenter--> - -<div class="figcenter"> - -<img src="images/illo137d.jpg" alt="" width="331" height="224" class="padtop50p" /> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption">BEECH</p> -</div> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padr6">LARCH</p> -</div> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<div class="hh"> - -<p class="caption">BEECH, LARCH</p> - -</div><!--hh--> - -</div><!--figcenter--> - -<div class="figcenter"> - -<img src="images/illo137f.jpg" alt="" width="337" height="293" class="padtop30p" /> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption">HORSE CHESTNUT</p> -</div> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption">MOUNTAIN MAPLE</p> -</div> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<div class="hh"> - -<p class="caption">HORDE CHESTNUT, MOUNTAIN MAPLE</p> - -</div><!--hh--> - -</div><!--figcenter--> - -</div><!--rightsplit3367--> - -</div><!--split3367--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page139">[139]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER XIII<br /> -<span class="fsize80">THE CAMP HABIT</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">I</span><span class="startword0">f</span> there were no such thing as habit, -life would be nothing but a perpetual -beginning and recommencing over -and over again. All that we do or think -marks us with its imprint, leaving behind it a -tendency—a tendency towards repetition is -the beginning of habit, and because of it we -can get the camp habit just as we can get any -other habit. The instinct to repeat our -camping out of doors gradually grows -stronger. At last, scarcely conscious of the -existence of the demand, we have come to -feel that we cannot pass our holiday in any -other way. The first camping experience -stands out in bold relief because it is new. -As we live into it, its first impressions are -lost. And it is at this moment, if we are<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page140">[140]</a></span> -made of the right stuff and have in us the -right longings and needs, that we begin to -have the camp habit.</p> - -<p>Just as with people, maybe we scarcely -realize how much it means to us. But let -us stop to think about it, let us give this -good camp habit a full opportunity if we can -in our lives. Already the camp habit has -become a need, almost an imperious demand. -We feel that once in so often it must -be satisfied and in the splendid grip of this -good habit we make way for it. Never let -us become dull to any of its values. Never -let us forget, however shot with black and -white it may be, even gray at times, the difficulties -of camping may make life seem—never -let us forget the treasures that it pours -in upon us and the ways in which the camp -habit serves us.</p> - -<p>It is a sad and a great truth which perhaps -women and girls have not yet fully -realized, that the whole manner of our body,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page141">[141]</a></span> -of our souls is controlled by the goodness, or -the badness of our habits, our moral character, -our physical temperament. There is -a sort of natural medicine, raising what is -not good inevitably up to what is better. -That is what the camp habit does for us, -raising what is not healthy, not strong, not -sane, not joyous, not self-reliant up to what -is strong, healthy, joyous and full of self-control. -Is not this alone sufficient reason -for giving the camp habit once in so -often full sway in our lives? What better -could we do than, in order to re-establish -ourselves, to claim again the wise big relationships -of out-of-doors and a thousand -and one little and big friends whom we can -find there?</p> - -<p>Bad habits are thieves, for they take away -our energies, our abilities, our joys. And the -indoor habit is a thief. It shortens life, it -takes away from health, it saps energies, it -dilutes joys, it makes foggy heads and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page142">[142]</a></span> -punky morals. The sane girl will get out -of doors every opportunity instead of spending -her time in a hot room, playing cards, -or eating stuff that is not fit to put into the -human stomach or flirting with boys, who if -they are the right sort of boys, would much -prefer, too, to be out of doors. Good habits, -like this camp habit are benefactors, -great philanthropists; they strengthen us -and they give us more energy. They increase -our ability, they multiply our joys -compound interest-wise. Good habits are -careful accountants and every day or every -year as it may be, they put the interest of -strength, of intelligence, of joy, in our hands -to be used as we think best. The camp habit -wisely used, obliges us to open our eyes and -see life more truly. It obliges us to lift our -own weight, take our part in things, that part -may be washing dishes or it may be turning -griddle cakes,—it forces us to know ourselves -better and it gives us more power to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page143">[143]</a></span> -control ourselves. The camp habit—get it -quickly if you haven’t it already—assures us -of good health and success where, for example, -the indoor habit has brought us nothing -but ill health and failure. It is a habit -worth while getting, isn’t it?</p> - -<p>A good many of us know ourselves, such -as we are, pretty well and we feel that we -do not want to know ourselves any better. -Things are bad enough as they are. Yet if -we can’t have a more intimate knowledge of -ourselves, if we don’t arrange our lives better, -if we don’t plan for the future more -carefully, what are our lives likely to be like -when the curtain goes down? How are we -ever going to take the proverbial ounce of -prevention if we are not certain to a fraction -what it is we must prevent? Camp is -a splendid opportunity to think a little about -those things of which we have been afraid -to think. It is a good opportunity to meditate, -a friendly world to which to go to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page144">[144]</a></span> -know ourselves better. It is an old saying -that the first step towards the recovery of -health is to know yourself ill. In that great -out-of-door world which our American camp -life represents it is easier to find ourselves -morally than it is indoors, we get more -help for one thing. It is almost an instinct -in great trouble or bewilderment or difficulty -to escape into the out-of-door world, to get -back to earth and to ask from the great -mother those counsels we hear dimly or indifferently -indoors.</p> - -<p>Wisdom will not be found in one camp -holiday or in fifty or in a lifetime even. But -it is rather strange, isn’t it, that the person -whom we know least is so frequently ourselves? -We know very well that the most -learned man or woman is not the one whose -head is stuffed with information, is not necessarily -the conspicuous or famous man or -woman, but is, rather, the human being who -knows himself. And this human being may<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page145">[145]</a></span> -be not our teacher, but our janitor or a -nurse who takes care of the baby or that -fellow who seems so simple, the guide who -has our camping trip in charge. Indeed, -there is scarcely a class of men who seem -in better control of themselves and who have -a better working knowledge of themselves -and others than the highest type of guide. -All the associations of that great out-of-door -life, its demands, its privations, its sudden -needs, its great silence, its dumb creatures, -its wonderful beauty, have taught the man of -the woods a wisdom no school, no university, -can offer merely through its curriculum. We -can’t realize too early how well worth while -that wisdom is for every girl to have. Not -a thing of book learning, but a power that -makes one truthful with oneself, eager to -acknowledge what is bad and to change it. -Frank, courageous, tried in commonplace -wisdom, and with a knowledge of other human -beings.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page146">[146]</a></span></p> - -<p>There is one kind of idea—and it is worth -while meditating in the woods on the leverage -power of even one very little idea—that -can always be found out of doors. I mean -a healthful idea, the kind of thought that -makes us stand straighter, that strengthens -the muscles of our backbone, that makes us -act as if we were what we wish to be. There -is no other force in the world that can so -readily straighten out a crooked boy or -a crooked girl as this same Dr. Dame Nature.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page147">[147]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER XIV<br /> -<span class="fsize80">OTHER CLEANLINESS</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">C</span><span class="startword0">lean?</span> Of course, we all know -what cleanliness means. It is -not possible to drive, to ride in -a trolley, to go on a train without -being impressed with at least the advertising -energy that is put into trying to get or -keep the world clean. Dear me, there are -the ever-present, cheerful Gold Dust Twins, -well up with the times, you may believe, -and nowadays taking to aviation. Their -aeroplanes may not be very large, but -they are clean as gold dust can make them, -and the twins, without any of the friction -that comes from dirt, are flying at last. -What’s more, intrepid as some old Forty-Niner, -they are penetrating the camper’s -wilderness. Most of us do not want to be<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page148">[148]</a></span> -twins, and we certainly do not want to be -gold dusters or any other kind of dusters, -yet we should miss these jolly little youngsters. -And there are Sapolio and Sunny -Monday advertisements and Pears’ soap—have -you used it?—and a dozen other kinds -and goodness knows what not besides.</p> - -<p>Yes, we Americans, and especially American -women in the household, know what it -is to make an effort in the midst of heated, -dusty or uncared for streets to keep our -houses and everything in them clean. In -Pennsylvania you see the people scrubbing -off white marble steps. In New England -they turn the hose on the outside of their -white farm houses. In the West they flood -the side-walks to keep the dust and heat -down. And our houses? Well, all houses -are being built with bath tubs nowadays, -even our camps, which is more than can be -said for very good houses indeed in other -countries than America. Some people think<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page149">[149]</a></span> -that camping is an excuse to be dirty. Often -they are very nice people, too, but they keep -a dirty camp. They don’t keep even themselves -clean.</p> - -<p>But there is another kind of cleanliness, -not superficial, not that of the skin, or of the -clothes or of the cabin, about which we are -coming to think more and more deeply. It -is what might be called vital cleanliness, the -cleanness of stomachs, of the intestines, of -all the vital organs. We begin to realize -the truth of what those most helpful of missionaries, -the health culturists, are saying: -One may be clean superficially, that is one -may scrub enough and yet vitally be very -far from clean. We know, although it is of -the greatest assistance to keep the skin free -and vigorous so that it is able to do its part -of the house-cleaning work for our systems, -that vital cleanliness, clean, strong, internal -organs performing their work with -the vigor of well-constructed engines, uninjured<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page150">[150]</a></span> -by foolish clothing, unharmed by impure -food, keen for opportunity to grow -and be vigorous—we know, I say that that -cleanliness is more important than skin cleanliness. -Indeed, without such deep-seated -cleanliness it is impossible for the skin to be -really clean.</p> - -<p>But clean how? I wonder whether we -are clean in the way I mean. Yes, we -are clean in our houses, perhaps in our -camps, clean on the outsides of our bodies, -clean probably, on the inside. Yet no one -of these kinds of cleanliness is what I have -in mind. Can any girl by the camp fire -guess what it is? I will not say it is more -important than household cleanliness, although -it is so,—vastly more so. I will not -say that it is more important than bodily -cleanliness, external and internal, yet it is so,—vastly -more so. I could almost say that -it is more important than anything else in -the world of human experience. Do you<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page151">[151]</a></span> -know what it is now? <i>It is cleanness of the -mind, cleanness of the soul</i>, and of that kind -of purity the great outdoor world is one indivisible -whole.</p> - -<p>On this cleanliness of mind and soul all -the vital activities of the day depend, all the -growth, the gain, the development. It might -be well said that the way we take up the -sun into our bodies—and we could not live -any length of time without some sun—depends -upon the cleanness or uncleanness of -this mind and soul of ours. What we shall -eat, what we shall hear, what we shall see, -what we shall look forward to, what we -shall care for—all these things will be according -to laws as inevitable as those governing -the sun and moon and stars, valuable -or worthless, vicious or sacred, as we feel -them and we make them. We dip our fingers -in pitch and pick up a book. What is -the result? Any child could tell us that we -ruin the book with our pitch-covered fingers.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page152">[152]</a></span> -We dip our minds into filth, a nasty -story, a perverted way of looking at things -which in themselves are good and of God’s -plan, or we actually commit some ugly act -ourselves and then we go out into the presence -of those things which are clean, the -sunshine, the hills, the lakes, the woods, the -white lives of others, the ideals which, it -may be, have been ours. Do you suppose -we feel or see that sunshine, or that we are -aware any longer of the white lives of -others, that our past ideals are evident to -us when our hearts and minds are no longer -clean? Do you suppose that there is anything -in nature which comes home to us in -quite the beautiful way it once did, the -flowers, the birds, the song of the wind, the -little creatures of the wood? Can they ever -be entirely the same? No, by an inevitable -law of compensations some of the fullness -of our joy in these things is gone. If we -want to be really happy it does not pay<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page153">[153]</a></span> -to think evil, to touch evil or to commit -it.</p> - -<p>When our hands are dirty we know it, -and if we have been careless about them we -are ashamed. If people’s bodies or camps -are not clean it is painfully easy to know -that, too. But a dirty mind, who could ever -tell anyway that we had one? Who could -ever tell? I will tell you: <i>Every one knows -it</i>, or perhaps, better, every one feels it. If -we are not good, if our minds are not clean, -our presence in some mysterious way proclaims -that fact. If we have injured some -one, if we have been foul-tongued, others -will know it with no need for any one to -tell them. Even the little rabbit we meet in -the woods will not greet us in so friendly a -way. <i>We need not think that because we -are concealing a bad thought that it is therefore -hidden.</i> No, indeed, it is screaming -away like some ugly black crow on a spruce -tip, and there is no one within hearing distance<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page154">[154]</a></span> -who, whether he wishes to or not, -does not hear what it says.</p> - -<p>The mind has its plague spots even as the -body, and one has to work—because of -one’s environment or some inheritance which -has made us not quite wholesome by nature, -or because of friends whose feelings -one would not injure, and yet who are not -what they ought to be,—one has often to -work to keep the mind clean. But as you -would flee from the plague, run from a dirty -story. Don’t let the camp life be spoiled -by anything to be regretted! Do not let -any one touch you with it, even with a word -of it. Keep a thousand miles away if you -can from folk who have an impure way of -looking at life, and camp is a good place to -get away from such people. Shut your -minds against them. One is never called -upon on the score of duty to have an unclean -mind because others have it. And if through -some misfortune, something that is unlovely,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page155">[155]</a></span> -unclean, has been impressed upon you, fight -valiantly not to think of it, to put it away -from you. And never forget that to rule -our spirits, to be in command of our minds, -to have them wholesome and sweet and -clean as a freshly swept log cabin, is greater -than to win such victories as have come down -in the records of history.</p> - -<p>I remember that when I was a child, I -thought my heart was white and that every -time I said or thought anything naughty, I -got a black spot on its surface. I dare say -that in the first place some dear old negro -woman put this fable into my mind. And, -dear me, some days it seemed to me that -heart of mine was more spotted than any -tiger lily that ever grew in any neglected -garden. Perhaps it was foolish to think such -a thing. I do not know, I only know that -there were times when I was mighty careful -of that white heart of mine,—wrapping it -up in a pocket handkerchief would not have<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page156">[156]</a></span> -satisfied my eagerness to keep it clean. And -what better could one wish than to go on -one’s holiday, and on forever, with the white -shining heart of a child?</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page157">[157]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER XV<br /> -<span class="fsize80">WOOD CULTURE AND CAMP HEALTH</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">I</span><span class="startword0">t</span> is far better for the girl to be out in a -wilderness world which demands all -the attention of both heart and mind, -than to be leading an idle or sedentary life -at home. If there is one word which above -all others expresses the life of the woods, it -is the word <span class="smcapall">WHOLESOME</span>. It is a normal, -active, “hard-pan” life which takes the softness -not only out of the muscles, but also -out of the thoughts and the feelings. It -tightens up the tendons of our bodies and -the even more wonderful tendons of the -mind.</p> - -<p>Often, to paraphrase Guts Muths, a girl -is weak because it does not occur to her that -she can be strong. She fails to lay the -foundations of health and strength which<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page158">[158]</a></span> -should be laid; she fails to make the most of -the energy that she has; she fails to think -of the future and how important in every -way it is that she should be robust and full -of an abounding vitality. It is a matter of -the greatest importance to the world spiritually, -morally, physically, that its girls -should be strong. To be out of doors insures -abundant well-being as nothing else -can. The wilderness instinct, the instinct -for camping and all its out-of-door life and -sports, is the healthiest, sanest, and most -compound-interest-paying investment a girl -can make.</p> - -<p>But by an intelligent approach to this life, -more can be put into it and therefore more -can be taken out, than by some blindfolded -dive into its mysteries. To know how to -do a thing worth doing and to do it well, is -both wise and economical. Some of the -physical aspects of our life will give all the -more value because of the payment of an<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page159">[159]</a></span> -added attention. A few simple rules for -the physical side of camp life will do quite -as much for the body as an orderly routine -can do for the camp housekeeping.</p> - -<p>Simply because you are in camp, never do -anything by eating or drinking or over-strain -or folly of any sort, that is against the law -of health. To break the laws of health is -as much a sin in camp as out of it.</p> - -<p>Eat an abundance of simple, wholesome -foods, using as much cereals, fruits, and -vegetables as you can get. Don’t neglect -the care of your teeth merely because you -are in camp.</p> - -<p>Do not drink tea or coffee. Stimulants -are unnatural and unwholesome; no girl and -no woman should ever touch them. If you -have begun to drink tea and coffee, camp is -the place to give them up once and for all -time. The sooner the better.</p> - -<p>If you can get a cool bath in stream or -pond and a rub down with a rough towel,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page160">[160]</a></span> -so much the better. Exercise both before -and after the bath, and be sure, by rub down -and exercise, to get into a good glow. The -rub down is of especial importance, for it -stimulates all the tiny surface veins, is gymnastics -to the skin, and frees the pores of any -poisonous accumulations which they may be -holding. Drink a glass or two of pure -water when you get up and the same between -meals.</p> - -<p>Never wear anything tight in camp or -elsewhere. Within the circle of the waist -line are vital organs which need every deep -breath you can take, every ounce of freely -flowing blood you can bring to them, every -particle of room to grow you can give them. -The Chinese woman who cramps her feet -sins less than we who cramp our waists.</p> - -<p>Sleep ten or eleven hours every night.</p> - -<p>Study to make your body well, strong, -and useful.</p> - -<p>If you do all these things, you need not<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page161">[161]</a></span> -worry about beauty; you will possess what -is of infinitely more value than a pretty face -and abundant hair, in having a sound, wholesome -body, self-controlled, instinct with joy, -with clean, glowing skin, a pleasure to yourself -and to everybody else. Clear vital -thoughts and a keener spiritual life will both -be yours. Because of the days in the woods -it will be easier to be good, easier to be -happy, easier to do the brain work of school -and college.</p> - -<p>Part of the title of this chapter is Wood -Culture. I have something in mind that is -more than physical culture: The wilderness -cure, the lesson of the woods, a high spiritual -as well as physical truth. For the girl -who keeps her eyes open, here are forces at -work, mysterious, inspiring, wonderful, that -awake in her all the dormant worship and -vision of her nature. Yet of physical culture -in these weeks and days in the woods -too much cannot be said, for, as the world<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page162">[162]</a></span> -is beginning to realize, on one’s physical -health, cleanness, sanity, rests much of that -close-builded wonderful palace of mind and -soul. Every squad of girl campers should -have its physical culture drill, its definite exercises, -taken at a definite time, for ten or -fifteen minutes. Ten or fifteen minutes are -probably all that are necessary when practically -the remainder of the day is spent in -camp sports, canoeing, fishing, climbing, -hunting and so on. The object of these -physical exercises should be all-around development; -the drill should be sharp and -light with especial attention paid to breathing -and to the standing position. A steady -unflagging effort should be made to correct -round shoulders, flat chests, drooping necks, -and bad positions generally. Many and -varied are the exercises taught in school and -college,—exercises to which all girls have access. -I make no apologies for suggesting -a few of the simplest by means of which any<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page163">[163]</a></span> -squad of girl campers can make a beginning -in physical culture.</p> - -<p>(1) From attention (hands on hips), -place the palms of the hands flat on the -ground, keeping knees straight. Then -bring arms up above head. Do this eight -times.</p> - -<p>(2) With hands on the hips and the -hips as a socket, rotate the whole trunk first -five times in one direction, then five times -in the opposite, being sure that the head follows -the line of the rotating trunk. The -difficulty of this exercise can be increased by -placing hands clasped behind the head, and -then later over the head. But the exercise -should be undertaken first with the hands on -the hips.</p> - -<p>(3) In between each exercise take deep -breathing for a few seconds, rising on the -toes as you inhale and lowering as you exhale.</p> - -<p>(4) Stand with the feet apart and arms -horizontal. Without bending the knee<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page164">[164]</a></span> -place the right fist on the ground next to -the instep of your left foot. Then raise -the body and reverse, placing the left fist -on the ground next to the right instep.</p> - -<p>(5) After this some free exercises with -the arms, taken with the head well up, chest -out, and shoulders back, make a good, sharp -light finale.</p> - -<p>These exercises repeated several times -make an excellent beginning for any day, -either in or out of camp. You may unfortunately -be going through a state of mind, -when clean skin, good lungs and digestion, -seem to you negligible factors in life. How -tragically important these factors are, be -sure you do not realize <i>too</i> late, when both -body and soul, health and morals, have -been undermined.</p> - -<p>Most girls need to look upon camp life -as an incomparably rich opportunity to gain -in an all-round physical development. The -life itself, aside from its possible physical<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page165">[165]</a></span> -culture exercises and its sports of rowing, -paddling, swimming, climbing and walking, -is the big architect of a splendid substructure -for health. By taking thought, refusing -to eat greasy, unwholesome food, getting -plenty of sleep, avoiding over-strain, -taking corrective exercises, cool baths and -rub downs, there is no better health builder -than the wilderness life. A wise Danish -man said that “He who does not take care -of his body, neglects it, and thereby sins -against nature; she knows no forgiveness of -sin, but revenges herself with mathematical -certainty.” In the woods nature keeps reminding -you of this fact, and you are never -allowed to forget it for any length of time.</p> - -<p>It is only sensible to care for one’s health. -It is not necessarily old maidish or silly to -take precautions that the camp health -should be at its zenith all the time. No -one would think of criticising a man for being -particularly careful of his horses under<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page166">[166]</a></span> -new conditions. This is precisely what we -should be for ourselves. Your thorough-paced -sportsman is always regardful of his -physical condition. I have spoken about the -drinking of pure water, the care of food, -the folly of taking great risks, and of other -details. There are more factors, as well, -which will be at work in obtaining and maintaining -good health conditions.</p> - -<p>The right sort of underclothing—and -women seldom wear suitable underwear—should -be worn. It should be high necked, -with shoulder caps and knee caps, and should -be of linen mesh. Every girl who is in fit -condition should see that each day has a -brief period at least of hard, warm, strenuous -work in it. A sweat once a day, with -a proper rub down afterwards, is one of the -best health makers on record. In “By the -sweat of thy brow shalt thou labor” was -enunciated one of the greatest of natural -laws. If it were possible for each one of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page167">[167]</a></span> -us to sweat once a day, we should scarcely -ever know what sickness is. But our over-refined -civilization makes even the use of the -word an offence to certain middle class -people who care more for the so-called propriety -(they are the folk who say “soiled” -handkerchief instead of dirty, and “stomach” -when they mean belly, and yet are -ready to use such a detestably vulgar word, -straight out of the mouths of the lowest -classes of immigrants, as “spiel”) of what -is said than for its truth and strength. Lay -it down, then, that one of the first of the -camp health rules is a sweating every day. -Third among the camp rules is to keep the -bowels open. Do you know what one of -Abraham Lincoln’s mottoes for life was? -“Fear God and keep your bowels open,” -and in this saying there is no irreverence -whatsoever, nor any sacrilege, but only a -profound common sense that is a credit both -to the Maker and the great man who spoke<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page168">[168]</a></span> -the words. Cascara is the best and safest -laxative for a girl to use in camp. It -should be bought in the purest tablets or -liquid form on the market, and all patent -cascara nostrums should be avoided.<a id="FNanchor_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a></p> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_7"></a><a href="#FNanchor_7"><span class="label">[7]</span></a> If there is a privy in the camp great care should be -taken that, for every reason, it is placed at a sufficient -distance from cabins and tents. It should <i>not</i> be placed -on a slope that could possibly drain off into any water -supply. An abundance of ashes should always be kept -within the privy and no water of any kind be poured -into the box. A few cans of chloride of lime should, if -possible, be kept on hand; and one can opened and in -use in the closet. Chambers and slop pails should not -be emptied in the immediate vicinity of the cabins but -at some distance and in different localities. There is -no greater abomination on the face of the earth than a -dirty camp, and no place which so thoroughly tests -one’s love of order, decency and cleanliness. If you -are following the trail and go into “stocked” camps for -the night, shake and air the blankets thoroughly, and, -out of courtesy to those who will follow you in their -use, shake and air the blankets when you get out of -them in the morning.</p></div> - -<p>If a girl is delicate or under the weather -in any way, she must take more than the -ordinary care of herself or she may have a -head-on collision with out-and-out illness.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page169">[169]</a></span> -The new mode of living, the various kinds of -exposure—especially to wet weather—, the -larger quantities of food eaten because of an -appetite stimulated by the vigorous outdoor -life, the temptation to overdoing—all these -possibilities should be kept in mind and -avoided as dangers. Don’t be silly about -overdoing. Harden yourself slowly for -the life; avoid competition. It is far better -to have lived your camp life successfully -and to have come out of it fresh and vigorous, -than it is to have done a few “stunts” -and have come out of it fagged, overstrained -and ill. It is well the first days of camp -life to try to eat less than you want; by this -act of self-control you will avoid the plague -of constipation which follows so many campers. -Moderate eating will mean more -sleep, too. Abundant water drinking and -a few grains of cascara should be able to -remedy all the ills to which camp flesh is -heir.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page170">[170]</a></span></p> - -<p>As a girl takes thought about this care -and culture of the body, making herself -clean within and without, higher lessons and -perfections, both of the mind and of the soul -will come to her as inevitably as the earth -answers to the touch of rain and sun. Do -you want to be happy? Very well then, -learn in the woods to be well, consider the -laws of health, and remember first, last, -and always that good health, not money or -position or fame or any shallow beauty of -feature, is the greatest and soundest security -for happiness.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page171">[171]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER XVI<br /> -<span class="fsize80">WILDERNESS SILENCE</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">M</span><span class="startword0">ost</span> friendships among girls, -and older people, too, suggest -that if there is one thing which is -hated, it is silence. If silence does happen -to get in among us in camp, how uneasy we -are! After an awkward pause we all begin -to talk at once,—any, every topic will serve -to break the hush which has fallen upon us. -And if we don’t succeed in getting rid of this -silence—something apparently to be regarded -as unfriendly and ominous—we make -excuse to do something and do it.</p> - -<p>But of silence Maurice Maeterlinck, the -great Belgian author of “The Bluebird” and -of many other plays, too, says that we talk -only in the hours in which we do not live or -do not wish to know our friends or feel ourselves<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page172">[172]</a></span> -at a great distance from reality. -But where do we live more truly than in our -camp life? Then he goes on to say what I -think is equally true: That we are very jealous -of silence, for even the most imprudent -among us will not be silent with the first -comer, some instinct telling us that it is dangerous -to be silent with one whom we do not -wish to know or for whom we do not care -or do not trust.</p> - -<p>Let us admit at the very beginning that -one does well to be on one’s guard with the -people with whom one does not care to be -silent,—but one does not go camping with -those people,—or, as the case may be, if -we, ourselves, have a guilty conscience or an -empty head much talking serves its ends. -And there is another situation in which it -seems almost impossible to be silent. There -is someone for whom we have cared very -much. Things have changed, there has -been a misunderstanding, we have altered or<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page173">[173]</a></span> -someone else has made trouble between us. -And the first thing we notice is that we no -longer dare to be silent together. Speech -must be made to cover up our common lack -of sympathy. We talk, how we talk,—anything, -everything! Even when we are -happy we run to places where there is no -silence, but now, if only we can be as noisy -as children and avoid the truth of the sad -thing which has happened to us!</p> - -<p>Again, let us admit at once that there are -different kinds of silence: There is a bitter -silence which is the silence of hate, and another -which is that of evil thoughts, and a -hostile silence, and a silence which may -mean the beginning of a storm or a fierce -warfare. But the only silence worth having -is friendly and it is of that we need to -think, and it is that we can have by the -camp fire in our wilderness life.</p> - -<p>Isn’t it true after all that the question -which most of us ought to ask ourselves seriously<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page174">[174]</a></span> -is not how many times we have talked -but how many times we have been silent. -Sometimes one wonders whether we are ever -still and whether if we are to be silent, it is -not a lesson which must be learned all over -again. How many times have we talked -in a single day? We can’t tell, for the number -of times is so great that we can’t count -them. And the times we have been silent? -And I don’t mean how many times we have -said nothing. To say nothing is not necessarily -to be silent. Well, we can’t count -the times we have been silent either, but -that is because we haven’t been still at all. -Yet there is a big life in which there is no -speech and no need of it. Are we never to -give ourselves a chance to live that?</p> - -<p>Do you remember your first great silence? -Was it going away from someone you -loved? Perhaps it was a joyous visit to -your grandmother or to an aunt or to see a -friend, but it meant leaving your mother and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page175">[175]</a></span> -you had never left her before. Or maybe -it was your first year at boarding school or -your freshman year at college. Do you remember -the silence that came over you then -and all that filled it? And do you remember -how it wore away but gradually—that -grip the stillness had within you and -upon you? You know now that that first -silence will never be forgotten. Or was it -a return to those you loved and you realized -as never before how incomparably dear -these people were to you and that only silence -could express that dearness? Or was -it the silence of a crowd—awe inspiring silence -which foretells the acclaim of some -great event of happiness or a cry of woe? -Or the silence of the wilderness as you -looked down from a mountain side into -some great valley of lakes? Or was it the -death of someone you loved, and the silence -that overcame you forced you not only to -suffer as never before but also to think as<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page176">[176]</a></span> -you have never done about the meaning of -life?</p> - -<p>In that first great silence how many things -that are precious revealed themselves to us. -There was love; we did not realize how it -was woven into every fibre of our lives; -there was companionship; we did not realize -how bitterly hard it would be to forego it; -there was new experience; till it came we -could not have known how much a part of -our lives the old experience was. How -many things in us that had been asleep were -suddenly awakened! How much was that -great silence worth to us then and now? -Perhaps an unhappy or stricken silence we -called it then; but even if it meant death or -separation was it after all completely unhappy? -Have we taken into account the -wealth of conviction, of deepened experience, -of increased love it brought us? Could -anything so rich be in any true sense unhappy?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page177">[177]</a></span></p> - -<p>“Silence, the Great Empire of Silence,” -cried Carlyle, “higher than the stars, deeper -than the Kingdom of Death.” The world -needs silent men but even more, I think, does -it need silent women. Carlyle—and you -should get what you can of his books and -read them—calls silent men the salt of the -earth. Might not silent women or silent -girls be called double salt? He says -that the world without such men is like a -tree without roots. To such a tree there -will be no leaves and no shade; to such a -tree there will be no growth; a tree without -roots cannot hold the moisture that is in -the earth and it will soon fade, soon dry up -and let everything else around it dry up, -too.</p> - -<p>Have you not heard women and girls -with an incessant silly giggle or a titter or -a laugh that meant just nothing at all and -yet which was heard, like the dry rattle of -the locust, morning, noon and night? Nervousness<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page178">[178]</a></span> -partially; empty-headedness maybe, -or a mistaken idea of what is attractive. -Silliness of that kind has no place in camp. -Nothing is more wearying, more lacking in -self-control than such a manner, nothing so -exhausts other people. Such giggling or -laughing or silly talking is to the mind what -St. Vitus’s dance is to the body—an affliction -to be endured perhaps but certainly not -an attraction and not to be cultivated.</p> - -<p>Is it not silence that opens the door to our -best work? How about that work you enjoyed -so much and did so well? How did -you prepare for that? Yes, I know all -about the work you bluffed through and even -managed to get a high record in, but that -work you really enjoyed, how was that -done? Is it not silence, too, that opens the -door to our dearest and deepest companionships, -our profoundest sorrows, our greatest -joys? Anyway this wilderness silence is all -worth while thinking about, is it not?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page179">[179]</a></span></p> - -<p>Why should this great silence, this friendly -wilderness power be considered anti-social? -Really, is it not most social? Does -it not bring us all nearer together, sometimes -even when we are afraid to be nearer to one -another? Does it not make us all equal, -making us aware of those profound things -in life which we all have in common? Silence -can say, can teach, what speech can -never, to the end of the world, learn to express. -It is safe to say that as soon as most -lips are silent, then and then only do the -thoughts and the soul begin to live, to grow, -to become something of what they are destined -to be, for as Maeterlinck says, silence -ripens the fruits of the soul. Never think -that it is unsociable people or people who -don’t know how to talk who set such a value -on silence. No, it is those who are able to -talk best and most deeply, think best and -most deeply, who, following the long trail, -recognize the fact that words can never after<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page180">[180]</a></span> -all express those truths which are among -us—no, neither love, nor death, nor any -great joy, nor destiny can ever be expressed -by word of mouth, by speech.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page181">[181]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER XVII<br /> -<span class="fsize80">HOMEMADE CAMPING</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">I</span><span class="startword0">t</span> was our second day in camp,—a -camp on the edge of the Maine wilderness. -Around us were many -lakes—ponds as the natives call them—Moosehead, -Upper Wilson, Lower Wilson, -Little Wilson, Trout Pond, Horse-shoe -Pond, and a dozen others. About us on -all sides were the forest-covered mountains, -and burning fiercely, twenty miles distant, a -large forest fire which filled the horizon -with dense, yellow smoke.</p> - -<p>From our camp, consisting of a red -shanty, a log cabin in which I am now sitting, -my dog beside me, thinking what I shall -say to you about a remarkable family I saw, -and, looking up at the cabin ceiling, its log -ridge-pole and supports between which are<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page182">[182]</a></span> -birch bark cuts of trout and salmon caught -in the lakes, of which I have spoken—from -our camp we look out and down on a wonderful -view. Immediately in front of the -log cabin is a meadow, the last on the edge -of this wilderness, then the serrated line of -pointed firs, which marks the edge of the -woods at the foot of the meadow. Beyond -this line miles of tree-tops, pines, birches, -maples, beeches, after that the shining lakes, -and beyond them the mountains. There is -not a house in sight. For that matter there -<i>is</i> no house to be seen, not even a log cabin.</p> - -<p>As was said, there is a meadow in front -of the cabin, and over to the right beyond -our view are two other meadows. In Maine—as -far north as this, anyway—the farmers -have only one crop of hay, and, when there -is so much forest, and the winter is long, and -cattle are to be fed, every meadow has to -be counted upon for all it will bear of hay. -It was a foregone conclusion that somebody<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page183">[183]</a></span> -would need and use the crop from the meadow -down upon which my cabin looked.</p> - -<p>And, sure enough, the second day we were -in camp, along the road bumping and thumping -over the big stones came a large hay -wagon: behind it, rattling and jarring, a -mowing machine and hay rake. But that -hay wagon, what didn’t it hold? In the first -place, there was the driver, then a big packing -box, a tent rolled up, sacks of feed for -the horses, a baby’s perambulator, three children, -a woman, a hammock, a long bench, -some chairs, including a rocking chair, and -several small boxes, packed to overflowing -with articles of various kinds. For an instant -it looked as if they were house-moving, -and then, recollecting that there was no -house to which to move, I came to the conclusion -that they were merely haying.</p> - -<p>I watched them spread the big tent-fly and -make it fast. I saw them take out the large -packing box, converting that into a table, on<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page184">[184]</a></span> -which some of the children put flowers in an -old bottle; I watched them set out the bench -and chairs, swing the hammock, lay the improvised -table with the enamel dishes which -they took from the little boxes, and, in general, -make themselves comfortable.</p> - -<p>The children had pails for berries, and -they began to pick berries in a business-like -fashion. The woman sat in the hammock -and took care of the baby—oh, I forgot to -mention the baby. The farmer and his lad -hitched and unhitched the horses, starting -within a few minutes to work with the mowing -machine, and leaving two of the horses -tethered to a tree. Evidently this was work -and a picnic combined—to me a new way of -getting in your hay crop. But the more I -watched it and thought about it the more I -liked it. And their dinner with the berries -as dessert—well, I knew just how good, -there in the sunshine, with appetites sharpened -by work, it must taste to them all.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page185">[185]</a></span></p> - -<p>Inside the cottage shanty of our camp, one -member of the household, at least, had been -doing her work in quite a different spirit. It -seemed to me that there was nothing which -this cook, a large, robust woman, with an -arm with the strength of five, had not found -fault with and made the worst of. Her -first groan was heard in the morning at six -o’clock—in getting up myself to go to my -writing table I had cruelly awakened her—and, -of course, as she went to bed only half -after seven the night before, she had been -robbed of her necessary sleep. As I say, I -heard her first groan—the sun was shining -gloriously, and I had already had a sun bath -and a cold sponge and my morning exercises—while -she continued to lie in bed and to -make every subsequent groan until after -seven o’clock fully audible.</p> - -<p>She began that beautiful day and its work -in resisting everything. She had never been -in such a place before, and a very nice convenient<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page186">[186]</a></span> -camp we, ourselves, thought it. She -groaned while she pumped water—I do not -know whether she or the pump made the -more noise. She complained loudly because -of the mice. Oh, no, she could not set a -mouse trap: she had never done such a thing -before! And then, when we got a cat, she -complained because of the noise the cat made -in catching the mice. I do not know precisely -what kind of a cat she expected, possibly -a noiseless, rubber-tired cat, that would -catch noiseless, rubber-tired mice. She would -not carry water—even a two-quart pail full—her -back was not strong enough. She had -never seen such dishes as these we were -using, nice, clean enamel ware dishes, with -blue borders. She had never heard of such -a thing as hanging milk and butter in a well -to keep them cool. Dear me, she never even -thought of going to such a place where they -did not have ice that would automatically -cool everything, and which the ice-man kindly<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page187">[187]</a></span> -handed to her in pieces just the size -which she preferred. She said the spring—a -beautiful spring whose waters are renowned -for their purity and healthfulness -much as the waters of Poland Spring are—she -said that the spring had pollywogs in it -and frogs. She could not string a clothes-line, -but stood in tears near the big trunk of -a balsam fir, holding the line helplessly in -her hands and looking up to the branch not -more than two inches above her head. -While one of us flung the end of the clothes-line -over the branch and made it fast to another -she remarked with contempt, sniffing -up her tears, that it was not a clothes-line, -anyway, which was perfectly true, for it was -only a boat cord, but it did quite as well. -When she walked down from the meadow, -that glorious golden meadow, where the happy -family was picnicking and hay-making at -the same time, and through which wound a -little path down to the spring’s edge, she<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page188">[188]</a></span> -lifted her skirts as if she were afraid they -might be contaminated by the touch of that -clean, sweet-smelling, long grass. Still -groaning she would fetch about a quart of -water. And groaning, still groaning, she -went to bed at night “half-dead,” as she expressed -it, as the result of about five hours -of work, in which she was all the time helped -by somebody else.</p> - -<p>Of course she was “half-dead.” It is a -wonder to me now, as I think of it, that she -did not die altogether. Instead of taking -things as they were in the sun-filled day, with -its keen, crisp air, its wonderful view, instead -of feeling something of the beauty and -health and sun and wind-swept cleanness of -it all, she had resisted every detail of the -day, every part of her work, she had, in -short, found fault with everything. This -day, that would have seemed so joyous to -some people, had not meant to her an opportunity -to make the best of things and to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page189">[189]</a></span> -be grateful for the long sleep, the sunshine, -the invigorating air, the beauty, the light -work, but merely a chance to make the worst -of things, to throw herself against every -demand made upon her.</p> - -<p>Out in front of the cabin the farmer swept -round and round with his mowing machine, -his big, glossy horses glistening in the sunshine, -the sharp teeth of the machine laying -the grass in a wide swath behind him. He -seemed peaceful and contented, although it -was warm out in the direct sunlight, and the -brakes were heavy and the horses needed -constant guiding. Down below, nearer the -spring, his wife swung in the hammock, and -the children picked berries, fetched water, -and were gleefully busy. It was a scene of -simple contentment with life.</p> - -<p>When the father came back for his dinner, -which was eaten under the spread of a -tent-fly and from the top of a packing box, -decorated in the center with flowers and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page190">[190]</a></span> -around the edges by contented faces, I said -to him: “You seem to be having a jolly -time.”</p> - -<p>“Why, yes, so we are,” was his reply. “I -offered the folks who own this meadow such -a small sum of money for the hay crop -I didn’t think I’d get it. I thought some -one else was sure to offer them more, but I -guess they didn’t, for I got it. You see, it’s -pretty far away from my farm to come out -here haying.”</p> - -<p>“And so you make a picnic of it?”</p> - -<p>“Yes, we are making a picnic of it. The -children like it. It’s great fun for them, and -it gives my wife, who isn’t very strong, a -chance to rest and be out of doors. I enjoy -it, too. I like to see them have a good -time.”</p> - -<p>“Well,” I said, before I realized I was -taking him into my confidence, “I wish you -could make our camp cook see your point of -view.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page191">[191]</a></span></p> - -<p>“Why, don’t she like it?” he asked innocently.</p> - -<p>“Like it? I am afraid she doesn’t. The -other day it rained and leaked in through -the kitchen roof onto her ironing board, and -when we found her she had her head on the -board and was crying.”</p> - -<p>“Well, that’s too bad,” he said. “Why -didn’t she take that board out of the way of -the leak? We don’t mind a little thing like -a leak around here, especially when folks are -camping. Having her feel that way must -make a difference in your pleasure. Well, -there is ways of taking work. Now, probably, -she’s throwing herself against her -work, and making it harder all the time.”</p> - -<p>“That’s exactly what she is doing,” I commented -dryly.</p> - -<p>“It’s a pity.” There was sympathy in his -voice. “For it’s such a lot easier to make a -picnic out of what you are doing—homemade -camping, we call this. My folks always<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page192">[192]</a></span> -feel that way about it. Even the hardest -work is easier for taking it the right end -to. My children are growing up to think, -what it doesn’t hurt any man to think, that -work is the best fun, after all. It’s the only -thing you never get tired of, for there is always -something more to do.”</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page193">[193]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER XVIII<br /> -<span class="fsize80">THE CANOE AND FISHING</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">I</span><span class="startword0">t</span> was my somewhat tempered good -fortune, several years ago, to spend -two or three weeks in an exceedingly -bleak place on a far northern coast. The -only genial element about this barren spot -was its sea captains, and whence they drew -their geniality heaven only knows. They -made me think of nothing so much as of the -warm lichen which sometimes flourishes upon -cold rocks. There strayed into this neighborhood -a couple of canoes. “Waal,” exclaimed -one of the old salts, viewing this -water craft skeptically, “it’s the nearest next -to nothing of anything I have ever heard -tell on.”</p> - -<p>And that is precisely what the canoe is: -the nearest next to nothing in water craft<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page194">[194]</a></span> -which you can imagine. It is in precisely -this nothingness that its charm lies, its lightness, -its grace, its friskiness, its strength, its -motion, its adaptability to circumstances. -There are times when it acts like a demon, -and there are other times when its intelligence -is almost uncanny. The canoe is always -high spirited, and, with high-spirited -things, whether they be horseflesh or canoe, -it does not do to trifle. The girl who expects -to take liberties with the canoe has some -dreadful, if not fatal, experiences ahead of -her. Several years ago I was out in a motor -boat with some friends. Two of them had -been, or were, connected with the United -States Navy; another was my sister, and a -fourth was a college friend. My friend -happened to see a pistol lying on a seat -near her. She had never had anything -to do with pistols, and, on some insane -impulse of the moment, she picked it up and -leveled it at me. I was stunned, but not so<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page195">[195]</a></span> -the men on the boat. Such a shout of rage -and indignation, such a leap to seize the pistol, -and such a rebuke, I have never been -witness to before. These men were navy -men, and they knew how criminally foolish -it is to fool with what may bring disaster. -It is those who know the canoe best and are -best able to handle it, who are most cautious -in its use. Those of you who expect to treat -it as you might the family horse would do -well to look out.</p> - -<p>The canvas-covered cedar canoe is the -best. If you are going to take a lot of duffle -with you, the canoes will have to be longer -than you need otherwise have them: about -eighteen feet, and only two people to a -canoe. The canoe will cost you from twenty-five -dollars up, and this item does not include -the paddle. The paddle should be -bought exactly your own height; it will -then be an ideal length for paddling. Its -cost will be a little more or a little less than<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page196">[196]</a></span> -a dollar and a half. You should have a -large sponge, tied to a string, on one of the -thwarts. This you will use for bailing when -necessary.</p> - -<p>If you have had any experience with a -canoe, you will not abuse it, and will not -need to be told not to abuse it. If it is a -light one, and you are a strong girl, you -should learn to carry it Micmac fashion on -the paddle blades, a sweater over your shoulders -to serve as cushion. Watch a woodsman -and see the way he handles a canoe. -One of the very first things you will observe -is that he never drags it about, but lifts it -clean off the ground by the thwarts, holding -the concave side toward him. Also, you -should observe his soft-footed movements -when he is stepping into a canoe. If a canoe -is not in use it should be turned upside down. -Never neglect your canoe, for a small puncture -in it is like the proverbial small hole in -a dike. If you let it go, you will have a<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page197">[197]</a></span> -heavy, water-soaked craft or a swamped one. -Water soaking turns a seemingly intelligent, -high-spirited canoe, capable of answering to -your least wish or touch, into the most lunk-headed -thing imaginable, a thing so stupid -and so dead and so obstinate, that life with -it becomes a burden. Remember that the -wounds in your canoe need quite as much -attention as your own would.</p> - -<p>The balance of a canoe is a ticklish thing. -To the novice, the day when she can paddle -through stiff water while she trolls with a -rod under her knee and lands a two- or -three-pound salmon unaided, seems far off. -I am by no means a past-master in the art of -canoeing, yet I have often done this, and am -no longer troubled by the question of balance -in a canoe. So much for encouragement! -Most of an art lies, granting the -initial gift for it, in custom or habit. Make -yourself familiar with the traits of your -canoe, work hard to learn everything you<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page198">[198]</a></span> -should know about it, and your lesson will -soon be learned.</p> - -<p>When you are going to get into it, have -your canoe securely beside a landing, and -then step carefully into the center and middle. -Bring the second foot after the first -only when you are sure that you have your -balance. The next thing is to sit down. Be -certain that it is not in the water. The -only satisfactory recipe for this delicate act -is to do it. No girl should step into a canoe -for the first time without some one at the -bow to steady it. Very quickly you will -learn clever ways of using your paddle to -help in keeping the balance. Until you do, -you can’t be too careful, or too careful that -others should be careful. Take no chances -in a canoe. If any are taken for you, hang -on to your paddle. It is well to have an inflatable -life-preserver, but, best of all, is it -to know how to swim. Never move around -in a canoe, or turn quickly to look over your<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page199">[199]</a><br /><a id="Page200">[200]</a></span> -shoulder. A canoe is a long-suffering thing, -but once “riled” and its mind made up to -capsize, heaven and earth cannot prevent -that consummation and your ducking or even -drowning.</p> - -<div class="plate" id="Fig10"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo199a.jpg" alt="" width="295" height="136" /> -<p class="caption">BROOK TROUT</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo199b.jpg" alt="" width="291" height="136" /> -<p class="caption">RAINBOW TROUT</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo199c.jpg" alt="" width="294" height="140" /> -<p class="caption">SMALL-MOUTH BASS</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo199d.jpg" alt="" width="287" height="140" /> -<p class="caption">BROWN TROUT</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo199e.jpg" alt="" width="287" height="166" /> -<p class="caption">ROCK-BASS</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo199f.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="166" /> -<p class="caption">WHITE BASS</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo199g.jpg" alt="" width="292" height="170" /> -<p class="caption">SHEEPSHEAD</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo199h.jpg" alt="" width="291" height="170" /> -<p class="caption">YELLOW PERCH</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo199i.jpg" alt="" width="293" height="110" /> -<p class="caption">PIKE</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo199j.jpg" alt="" width="291" height="110" /> -<p class="caption">PIKE PERCH</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo199k.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="120" /> -<p class="caption">PICKEREL</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo199l.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="120" /> -<p class="caption">CATFISH</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p>Become skillful in the use of the paddle, -and the best way to learn is through some -one who knows how. Paddling is an art -and a very delightful one, requiring much -skill of touch and strength. Although as a -girl I cared most for rowing, I have in the -last ten years become so devoted to the paddle -stroke, to its motion and touch and efficiency, -that rowing only bores me. Get -some one, a brother, a father, a friend, a -guide, to teach you the rudiments of paddling. -These once learned, canoeing is as -safe as bicycling and not more difficult. It is -all in learning how.</p> - -<div class="plate" id="Fig11"> - -<div class="figleft padl6"> -<img src="images/illo201a.jpg" alt="" width="72" height="501" /> -<p class="caption">ROD.</p> -</div> - -<div class="figright padr6"> -<img src="images/illo201b.jpg" alt="" width="343" height="400" /> -<p class="caption">HOOKS.</p> -</div> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="split6733"> - -<div class="leftsplit6733"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo201c.jpg" alt="" width="159" height="153" class="margtop37" /> -<p class="caption">SIMPLE WINCH REEL.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo201d.jpg" alt="" width="163" height="223" class="margtopmin33" /> -<p class="caption">TROUT FLY.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--leftsplit6733--> - -<div class="rightsplit6733"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo201e.jpg" alt="" width="147" height="340" class="margtopmin150" /> -<p class="caption">TROLLING SPOONS.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit6733--> - -</div><!--split6733--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p class="allclear">The writer is an old-fashioned fisherwoman -and goes light with tackle. However, -I have noticed that the simplicity of fishing<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page201">[201]</a><br /><a id="Page202">[202]</a></span> -tackle does not in the least interfere with -luck. If you are going to fish with worm, -hook, and sinker, you will need no advice. -Perch, pickerel, black bass, cat-fish, and -others to be caught in still fishing, will be -your quarry. As a rule you will troll for -pickerel and pike, and there is no sport more -pleasant in the world than that which is to -be had at the end of a trolling spoon: the -motion of the boat, the vibration of the line, -the spinning of the spoon, and then the sudden -strike, with all its possibilities for taking -in big fish. I defy anyone to have a -more exciting time than netting a salmon -from a trolling line and landing it successfully -in a canoe. But this is not a thing to -be attempted by the novice. Much better let -the salmon go and save yourself a ducking.</p> - -<p>The finest art of all fishing is fly-fishing. -One either does or does not take to it naturally, -after one has been taught something of -the art by brother, father, or guide. Alas,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page203">[203]</a></span> -that the fish greediness of campers is making -good fly-fishing, even in the wilderness, -more and more difficult to get! Personally, -if I am after trout or salmon, “plugging” or -“bating,” as it is called, seems to me an unpardonably -coarse and stupid sport. Yet our -lakes have been so abused by this process -that fly-fishing is frequently impossible. To -sit or stand in a canoe, casting your line, the -canoe taking every flex of your wrist; to see -the bright flies, Parmachenee Belle or Silver -Doctor—or whatever fly suits that part of -the country in which you are camping—alight -on the surface as if gifted with veritable life, -and then to be conscious of the rush, the -strike, and to see a rainbow trout whirling -off with your silken line, is to experience an -incomparable pleasure. To have a strike -while the twilight is coming on, a big fellow, -with the line spinning off your reel as if -it would never stop, to see your salmon leap -into the air and strike the water, to reel him<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page204">[204]</a></span> -in, then plunge! and down, down he goes; -to feel the twilight deepening as you try -to get him in closer to the canoe again; to -know suddenly that it is dark and that the -hours are going by; to feel your wrist aching, -your body tense with excitement; to -think that you are just tiring him out, that -you have almost got him—almost, then a -rush, a plunge, the line slackens in your hand, -and he is gone. That is fisherman’s luck, -and great luck it is, even when the fish is -lost.</p> - -<div class="plate w450" id="Fig12"> - -<div class="split3367"> - -<div class="leftsplit3367"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo205a.jpg" alt="" width="80" height="505" /> -<p class="caption">ROD CASE.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit3367--> - -<div class="rightsplit3367"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo205b.jpg" alt="" width="237" height="210" /> -<p class="caption">FELT-LINED LEADER BOX.</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter padtop30p"> -<img src="images/illo205c.jpg" alt="" width="223" height="181" /> -<p class="caption">CASE FOR TACKLE.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit3367--> - -</div><!--split3367--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter margtopmin25"> -<img src="images/illo205d.jpg" alt="" width="256" height="299" /> -<p class="caption">LANDING NET.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo205e.jpg" alt="" width="168" height="178" /> -<p class="caption">CREEL.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p>Only a few words about fishing tackle. -Have a good rod or two, but don’t begin -your experience at fishing with expensive -tackle. The cheaper rod will do quite as -well until you learn what you want. For -trolling the best rod is a short steel one. -For fly-fishing you will always use split bamboo -or some similar wood. You will have -accidents, so have reserve tackle to fall back -upon. In any event do not buy a heavy<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page205">[205]</a><br /><a id="Page206">[206]</a></span> -rod, and never buy anything with a steel -core in it. If you can afford it, get a first-class -reel, one that works easily and is of -simple mechanism. A simple winch reel is -the best. Avoid patented contraptions. -While you are using them hang your rods up -by the tips. In any event keep them dry and -in as good condition as possible. Enameled -silk line you must have for all trout fishing. -For other kinds of fishing it does not so -much matter what you do use, provided the -line is strong and durable. Be sure to have -extra lines to fall back on.</p> - -<div class="plate w275" id="Fig13"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo207.png" alt="" width="250" height="488" /> -<p class="caption">ANGLING KNOTS.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p>Leaders, the details about flies to be used, -their color, angling knots made in fastening -leaders or line or fly, methods for keeping -your flies in good order and condition, the -use of the landing net, necessary repairs to -be made, the skill of the wrist in casting, the -best sort of trolling, the care of fish, all these -things will come to you through experience, -and all suggest how much, how delightfully<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page207">[207]</a><br /><a id="Page208">[208]</a></span> -much, there is to be learned in the best of all -sports.</p> - -<p>Go to some first-rate sporting goods’ house -for your flies; they will tell you what kinds -you need, as well as answer other questions.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page209">[209]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER XIX<br /> -<span class="fsize80">THE TRAIL</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">A</span> <span class="startword1">girl</span> who has learned to camp -will not only have her own pleasures -greatly increased, but she will -also add to those of her friends, becoming a -better companion for her chums, her father, -her brother; for camping, if it is anything, -is a social art. It is far better for a girl -to be out in the world which demands all of -one’s attention, one’s eyes and ears and nose -and feet and hands and every muscle of the -entire body, than to be leading a sedentary -life at home, or analyzing emotions or sentimentalizing -about things not worth while. -The big moose which unexpectedly plunges -by provides enough emotions to last a long -time; the land-locked salmon that threatens -to snap the silken line, enough excitement.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page210">[210]</a></span></p> - -<p>You can’t learn all that there is to be -learned in the school of the woods through -one camping expedition. It would be rather -poor sport if you could. Don’t be afraid to -ask questions about what you don’t know. -Keep on asking them until you are wood-cultivated. -The wilderness is your opportunity -to make up for those vitally interesting facts -about life which are not taught in schools. -Above all, have a map of the country in -which you are, and study it. Keep that map -by you as if it were Fidus Achates himself, -and refer to it whenever there is need. The -girl or woman in camp who never knows -where she is is a bore, sponging upon the -good-nature and intelligence of others who -have taken the trouble to familiarize themselves -with the lie of the land. Such a -girl never makes any plans, never takes the -initiative, never gives anyone a sense of rest -from responsibility. There are girls and -older women who think it rather clever to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page211">[211]</a></span> -be unable to tell east from west, north from -south. I may say here that in camp they -belong to the same class of foolish incompetents -who in college boast that they cannot -spell—presumably because they are devoting -themselves to a much higher call upon their -intelligence than anything so superficial as -spelling! If camping means anything in the -world, it means coöperation, and this coöperation -should be all along the line.</p> - -<div class="plate w450" id="Fig14"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo213.png" alt="" width="425" height="507" /> -<p class="caption">THE DIPPER.</p> -</div> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p>If you have an innate sense of direction, -train it. If you have none, do not venture -out into the wilderness except with someone -who has. Always tell people where you are -going. If you are not familiar with the use -of a rifle you would better have a shrill whistle -or a tin horn to use in case you want to -summon anyone. Sun and wind should be -part of your compass; the trees, too. You -will, of course, learn how to blaze a trail, -and the sooner you do this the better, for it -is good training in following out a point of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page212">[212]</a></span> -the compass. The wilderness is full of signs -of direction for your use, some of which are -certain to be serviceable at different times, -and some of which will not prove dependable. -The sun rises in the east and sets in -the west. At high noon of a September day, -if you turn your back squarely to the sun, -you will be looking directly north. The -wind is a helper, too. When the sun rises, -notice the direction of the wind, and, while -it does not shift, it will prove a good compass -or guide. If it is very light, wet the -finger and hold it up. By doing this the wind -will serve you as a compass. Remember, -also, that the two lowest stars of the Big -Dipper point toward the North Star, which -is always a guide to be used in charting a -wilderness way. Also on the north sides of -trees there is greater thickness to the bark -and more moss. This is, I suppose, because -the trees, being unexposed to the sunlight on -the north side, retain the moisture longer<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page213">[213]</a><br /><a id="Page214">[214]</a></span> -there. Some say, too, that the very topmost -finger of an evergreen points toward the -north. Even in civilization they usually do. -To become familiar with a compass is a very -simple matter. Every boy learns this lesson, -and there is no reason why girls should not -do the same. Never buy a cheap compass; -it is not to be relied upon. To the amateur -in the woods a good one is not a friend at -which to scoff. A few expeditions out behind -the cabin will teach you all you need -to know about its use. If by some miscalculation -a girl should get lost, let her realize -then that the great demand is that she shall -keep her head on her shoulders, where it has -been placed, and where she will need to make -use of it. Let her sit down and think, reviewing -all that has happened, and trying to -solve the problem of what she is to do. A -panic is the last and worst thing in which -she can afford to indulge. To most people -at some time or other comes the conviction<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page215">[215]</a><br /><a id="Page216">[216]</a></span> -that they are lost—a conviction happily dispelled -in nine hundred and ninety-nine cases -out of a thousand. In this, as in everything, -a miss is as good as a mile, and one does -well to make light of unavoidable mistakes.</p> - -<div class="plate" id="Fig15"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo215a.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="249" /> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="split6733"> - -<div class="leftsplit6733"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padl6">FAWN</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption">DOE</p> -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--leftsplit6733--> - -<div class="rightsplit6733"> -<p class="caption padr6">BUCK</p> -</div><!--rightsplit6733--> - -</div><!--split6733--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<div class="hh"> - -<p class="caption">FAWN, DOE, BUCK</p> - -</div><!--hh--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--figcenter--> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo215b.jpg" alt="" width="255" height="245" /> -<p class="caption">CARIBOU</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo215c.jpg" alt="" width="258" height="245" /> -<p class="caption">MOOSE</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p>If, by any chance, you should be lost, don’t -run around. If you have no compass or if -darkness is coming on, settle down where you -are. Devote your energies to occasional -periods of shouting and to building a camp -fire, keep your body warm and dry and your -head cool. <i>You will be found.</i> And remember -that there are no wild creatures to be -feared in our camping wilderness. You have -nothing of which to be afraid except your -own lack of common sense. Here is a chance -for your “nerve” to show itself.</p> - -<div class="plate" id="Fig16"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo217a.jpg" alt="" width="545" height="168" /> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="split6733"> - -<div class="leftsplit6733"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption">RED SQUIRREL</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption">FLYING SQUIRREL</p> -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--leftsplit6733--> - -<div class="rightsplit6733"> -<p class="caption">GRAY SQUIRREL</p> -</div><!--rightsplit6733--> - -</div><!--split6733--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<div class="hh"> - -<p class="caption">RED SQUIRREL, FLYING SQUIRREL, GRAY SQUIRREL</p> - -</div><!--hh--> - -</div><!--figcenter--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo217b.jpg" alt="" width="570" height="120" /> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="split6733"> - -<div class="leftsplit6733"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption">RABBIT</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padl8">AMERICAN SABLE</p> -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--leftsplit6733--> - -<div class="rightsplit6733"> -<p class="caption padl6">CHIPMUNK</p> -</div><!--rightsplit6733--> - -</div><!--split6733--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<div class="hh"> - -<p class="caption">RABBIT, AMERICAN SABLE, CHIPMUNK</p> - -</div><!--hh--> - -</div><!--figcenter--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -<div class="split3367"> - -<div class="leftsplit3367"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo217c.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="109" /> -<p class="caption">WEASEL</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo217d.jpg" alt="" width="164" height="149" /> -<p class="caption">BLACK BEAR</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit3367--> - -<div class="rightsplit3367"> - -<div class="split3367"> - -<div class="leftsplit3367"> - -<div class="figcenter" style="margin-top: 125px;"> -<img src="images/illo217f.jpg" alt="" width="143" height="117" /> -<p class="caption">RACCOON</p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit3367--> - -<div class="rightsplit3367"> -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/illo217e.jpg" alt="" width="252" height="109" /> -<p class="caption">MINK</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter margtop70"> -<img src="images/illo217g.jpg" alt="" width="263" height="103" /> -<p class="caption">PORCUPINE</p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit3367--> - -</div><!--split3367--> - -</div><!--rightsplit3367--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--split3367--> - -<div class="figcenter margtopmin150"> -<img src="images/illo217h.jpg" alt="" width="585" height="188" /> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="split6733"> - -<div class="leftsplit6733"> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padl4">SKUNK</p> -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> -<p class="caption padl4">WOODCHUCK</p> -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -</div><!--leftsplit6733--> - -<div class="rightsplit6733"> -<p class="caption">RED FOX</p> -</div><!--rightsplit6733--> - -</div><!--split6733--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<div class="hh"> - -<p class="caption">SKUNK, WOODCHUCK, RED FOX</p> - -</div><!--hh--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--figcenter--> - -</div><!--plate--> - -<p>As you go through the woods, cross the -ponds and lakes, climb mountains, your -luncheon in your pocket, compass and knife -and cup and match-box all ready and friendly -to your hand; as you feel the wilderness becoming<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page217">[217]</a><br /><a id="Page218">[218]</a></span> -more and more your empire, be sure -that you do not abuse the privileges which -are revealed to you. The more gentle and -considerate you are in this life which has -opened itself up to you, the more it will tell -you its secrets. That you should leave disfiguration -and destruction and bloodshed behind -you does not prove that you are in any -sense a true sport. The camera is one -of the best guns for the wilderness. It is -better to be film-thirsty than bloodthirsty. A -girl who is in earnest about camera shooting -can test her “nerves” quite sufficiently for all -practical purposes. How about facing, or -chasing, a six- or seven-hundred-pound -moose, plunging down through a cut or a -trail, and having the nerve to press the bulb -at just the right moment? Or a big buck? -Or a little bear? Or a porcupine? A good -kodak and some rolls of film are all that is -needed to begin the work of photography. -A fine way to do, if you intend to go into<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page219">[219]</a></span> -the matter seriously, is to get some book on -nature photography and make a thorough -study of it. Other books, too, there are, -which will be full of profit for you as you -come to know the wilderness life. Begin -with Thoreau, John Burroughs, John Muir, -Stewart White, Ernest Seton Thompson, and -these will lead you on and out through a -host of nature books and finally into a more -technical literature on hunting, camping, and -the wilderness life in general.</p> - -<p>I believe that in the end an intelligent -study of the woods made with eyes and ears, -heart and mind, notebook and book, will -bring down more game than any shotgun or -rifle ever manufactured. I have seen guide-books -of northern wildernesses whose collective -illustration suggested only the interior -of some local slaughter house. No tenderfoot -myself, for, when the first shotgun was -placed against my shoulder, I was so little -that its kick knocked me over, I do not write<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page220">[220]</a></span> -this way because I am unfamiliar with the -pleasures of well-earned or necessary game, -but because I have tried both ways and I prefer -a friendly life in the wilderness. To kill -what you see, just because you do see it, to -set big fires, to be wasteful, to take risks in -your adventures, are no signs that you know -the woods—and they are most certainly no -guarantee of your love.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page221">[221]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHAPTER XX<br /> -<span class="fsize80">CAMP DON’TS</span></h2> - -<p class="chapstart"><span class="firstletter">D</span><span class="startword0">on’t</span> forget your check list.</p> - -<p>Do make your plans early -for the camping expedition.</p> - -<p>Don’t be dowdy in the woods. Dress appropriately.</p> - -<p>Do keep a clean camp. Otherwise you -will go in for hedgehogs, skunks, flies, and -other disease-breeding pests.</p> - -<p>If in doubt about drinking water, don’t -drink it—at least, not till it is thoroughly -boiled.</p> - -<p>Do be independent. Camp is no place for -necklaces, however beautiful.</p> - -<p>Don’t start out camping with a new pair -of shoes on your feet.</p> - -<p>Do keep from adding to the things you<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page222">[222]</a></span> -want to take with you, or you won’t be able -to reach the “jumping off” place.</p> - -<p>Don’t forget your fly “dope.”</p> - -<p>If your appetite is good, be polite to the -cook.</p> - -<p>Don’t forget the box of matches.</p> - -<p>Don’t be foolhardy. It might take too -long to find you. If you feel that way, have -somebody attach a tump line to you.</p> - -<p>If you have an open stove, when you go -off for the day, be sure to close it.</p> - -<p>Don’t be afraid to ask questions—everybody -does.</p> - -<p>Do help others with the work.</p> - -<p>Don’t cut your foot with the axe. It will -not add to the pleasures of camp life.</p> - -<p>Dish-washing is not pleasant work. Do -your share just the same.</p> - -<p>Don’t step on the gunwale of the canoe, -and upset it, or trip over a thwart. The -canoe is a ticklish craft.</p> - -<p>Do conform to the camp routine. Don’t<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page223">[223]</a></span> -keep the dinner waiting, delay the fishing -expedition, or call out a search party.</p> - -<p>Don’t be ignorant of the topography of -the region in which you camp. By not studying -the map for yourself, you will give others -a lot of trouble.</p> - -<p>Listen to what your guide says.</p> - -<p>Remember, I shall be glad to answer brief, -pointed questions, addressed to me at</p> - -<p class="center blankbefore2 fsize80">CAMP RUNWAY,<br /> -Moosehead Lake, Greenville, Maine.</p> - -<p class="center highline5">THE END</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page224">[224]</a><br /><a id="Page225">[225]</a></span></p> - -<h2>INDEX</h2> - -<ul class="index"> - -<li class="first">Beavers, <a href="#Page88">88</a>-<a href="#Page89">89</a></li> -<li>Beds:</li> -<li class="level2">bough beds, <a href="#Page97">97</a>-<a href="#Page100">100</a></li> -<li class="level2">browse bed, <a href="#Page100">100</a>, <a href="#Page101">101</a></li> -<li class="level2">sleeping bags, <a href="#Page103">103</a></li> -<li>Birch bark, <a href="#Page9">9</a>, <a href="#Page40">40</a></li> -<li>Black flies, <a href="#Page10">10</a>-<a href="#Page11">11</a></li> -<li>Blankets, <a href="#Page21">21</a></li> -<li>Bloomers, <a href="#Page4">4</a>, <a href="#Page18">18</a>-<a href="#Page19">19</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind01">Clothing</a></li> -<li>Blouse, <a href="#Page4">4</a>, <a href="#Page19">19</a>, <a href="#Page22">22</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind01">Clothing</a></li> -<li>Books, <a href="#Page20">20</a>-<a href="#Page21">21</a>, <a href="#Page219">219</a></li> -<li>Breck’s fly “dope,” 102</li> -<li>Breck’s “Way of the Woods,” <a href="#Page7">7</a>, -<a href="#Page26">26</a>, <a href="#Page45">45</a>, <a href="#Page63">63</a></li> - -<li class="first">Camera film, <a href="#Page20">20</a>, <a href="#Page218">218</a>-<a href="#Page219">219</a></li> -<li>Camp Fire Girls, <a href="#Page11">11</a>, <a href="#Page115">115</a></li> -<li>Camp habit, <a href="#Page139">139</a>-<a href="#Page146">146</a></li> -<li>Camping grounds, <a href="#Page68">68</a>-<a href="#Page76">76</a></li> -<li class="level2">sites to be avoided for, <a href="#Page73">73</a></li> -<li class="level2">sites to be chosen for, <a href="#Page73">73</a>-<a href="#Page76">76</a>, -<a href="#Page181">181</a>-<a href="#Page192">192</a></li> -<li>Can opener, <a href="#Page8">8</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind02">Cooking utensils</a></li> -<li>Canoes, <a href="#Page193">193</a>-<a href="#Page208">208</a></li> -<li class="level2">care in handling, <a href="#Page193">193</a>-<a href="#Page200">200</a></li> -<li class="level2">cost of, <a href="#Page196">196</a></li> -<li class="level2">length of paddle, <a href="#Page195">195</a></li> -<li class="level2">paddling, <a href="#Page200">200</a></li> -<li>Cascara sagrada, <a href="#Page5">5</a></li> -<li>Check lists, <a href="#Page1">1</a>, <a href="#Page96">96</a></li> -<li>Cleanliness, <a href="#Page147">147</a>-<a href="#Page156">156</a>, <a href="#Page168">168</a></li> -<li id="Ind01">Clothing, <a href="#Page1">1</a>-<a href="#Page5">5</a>, <a href="#Page13">13</a>-<a href="#Page20">20</a>, -<a href="#Page21">21</a>-<a href="#Page23">23</a>, <a href="#Page165">165</a>-<a href="#Page166">166</a></li> -<li class="level2">gloves, <a href="#Page5">5</a></li> -<li class="level2"><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page226">[226]</a></span>hunting suit, cost of, <a href="#Page18">18</a></li> -<li class="level2">jacket, <a href="#Page18">18</a></li> -<li>Cold cream, <a href="#Page5">5</a></li> -<li>Combination suits, <a href="#Page3">3</a>-<a href="#Page4">4</a>, <a href="#Page17">17</a>, -<a href="#Page165">165</a>-<a href="#Page166">166</a></li> -<li>Cook, <a href="#Page37">37</a>-<a href="#Page45">45</a></li> -<li id="Ind02">Cooking utensils, <a href="#Page8">8</a>, <a href="#Page34">34</a>-<a href="#Page35">35</a>, -<a href="#Page62">62</a>, <a href="#Page104">104</a>-<a href="#Page105">105</a></li> -<li>Cooler, <a href="#Page8">8</a>, <a href="#Page32">32</a>-<a href="#Page34">34</a></li> - -<li class="first">Dishes, <a href="#Page8">8</a>, <a href="#Page35">35</a></li> -<li>Duffle bag, <a href="#Page2">2</a>, <a href="#Page14">14</a></li> - -<li class="first">Economy, <a href="#Page5">5</a>, <a href="#Page107">107</a>-<a href="#Page117">117</a></li> -<li id="Ind08">Equipment, <a href="#Page2">2</a>, <a href="#Page8">8</a>-<a href="#Page9">9</a></li> -<li class="level2">cost of, <a href="#Page8">8</a></li> -<li class="level2">poncho, <a href="#Page100">100</a></li> -<li class="level2">tents, <a href="#Page110">110</a>-<a href="#Page111">111</a></li> -<li class="level2">tools, <a href="#Page9">9</a>, <a href="#Page35">35</a></li> -<li id="Ind09">Expenses, <a href="#Page107">107</a>-<a href="#Page117">117</a></li> -<li class="level2">for food, <a href="#Page114">114</a></li> -<li class="level2">for party of four or five, <a href="#Page108">108</a>-<a href="#Page111">111</a></li> -<li class="level2">for tents, <a href="#Page110">110</a></li> - -<li class="first">Feet, care of, <a href="#Page19">19</a></li> -<li>Fires, <a href="#Page11">11</a>, <a href="#Page77">77</a>-<a href="#Page86">86</a></li> -<li>Fishing, <a href="#Page193">193</a>-<a href="#Page208">208</a></li> -<li class="level2">fly, <a href="#Page202">202</a>-<a href="#Page204">204</a></li> -<li>Fishing tackle, <a href="#Page200">200</a>, <a href="#Page204">204</a>-<a href="#Page208">208</a></li> -<li>Fly “dope,” <a href="#Page9">9</a>, <a href="#Page35">35</a>, <a href="#Page101">101</a>-<a href="#Page102">102</a></li> -<li>Food, <a href="#Page1">1</a>, <a href="#Page6">6</a>-<a href="#Page8">8</a>, <a href="#Page24">24</a>-<a href="#Page36">36</a></li> -<li class="level2">bacon, <a href="#Page28">28</a></li> -<li class="level2">butter, <a href="#Page29">29</a></li> -<li class="level2">cleanliness of, <a href="#Page30">30</a>-<a href="#Page31">31</a></li> -<li class="level2">dried vegetables, <a href="#Page26">26</a>-<a href="#Page27">27</a></li> -<li class="level2">flour, <a href="#Page27">27</a></li> -<li class="level2">meat, <a href="#Page28">28</a>-<a href="#Page30">30</a></li> -<li class="level2">milk, <a href="#Page32">32</a>, <a href="#Page37">37</a>, <a href="#Page114">114</a>-<a href="#Page116">116</a></li> -<li class="level2">portage of, <a href="#Page24">24</a></li> -<li id="Ind04">Footgear, <a href="#Page2">2</a>, <a href="#Page3">3</a>, <a href="#Page14">14</a>-<a href="#Page16">16</a></li> -<li>Fry pans, <a href="#Page8">8</a>, <a href="#Page62">62</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind02">Cooking utensils</a></li> -<li>Fuel, <a href="#Page9">9</a>-<a href="#Page10">10</a>, <a href="#Page40">40</a>-<a href="#Page42">42</a></li> -<li>Furnishings, <a href="#Page11">11</a>, <a href="#Page94">94</a>-<a href="#Page106">106</a></li> - -<li class="first">Gloves, <a href="#Page5">5</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind01">Clothing</a></li> -<li>Guides, <a href="#Page69">69</a>, <a href="#Page85">85</a>, <a href="#Page118">118</a>-<a href="#Page126">126</a></li> -<li class="level2">assistance to, <a href="#Page123">123</a>-<a href="#Page125">125</a>, <a href="#Page145">145</a></li> -<li class="level2">character of, <a href="#Page122">122</a>-<a href="#Page123">123</a></li> -<li class="level2">duties of, <a href="#Page119">119</a>-<a href="#Page121">121</a></li> - -<li class="first" id="Ind05">Hat<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page227">[227]</a></span>, <a href="#Page4">4</a>, -<a href="#Page19">19</a></li> -<li>Head net, <a href="#Page101">101</a></li> -<li id="Ind03">Health:</li> -<li class="level2">clean-working digestion and, <a href="#Page166">166</a>-<a href="#Page168">168</a></li> -<li class="level2">eating and, <a href="#Page169">169</a></li> -<li class="level2">hygiene and, <a href="#Page127">127</a>-<a href="#Page138">138</a></li> -<li class="level2">physical culture drill and, <a href="#Page161">161</a>-<a href="#Page165">165</a></li> -<li class="level2">rules for, <a href="#Page159">159</a>-<a href="#Page161">161</a></li> -<li class="level2">water and, <a href="#Page10">10</a>, <a href="#Page42">42</a>-<a href="#Page44">44</a>, -<a href="#Page76">76</a>, <a href="#Page157">157</a>-<a href="#Page170">170</a></li> -<li>Hunting suit, <a href="#Page18">18</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind01">Clothing</a></li> -<li>Hygiene, <a href="#Page127">127</a>-<a href="#Page138">138</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind03">Health</a></li> - -<li class="first">Jacket, <a href="#Page18">18</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind01">Clothing</a></li> - -<li class="first">Knives, <a href="#Page8">8</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind02">Cooking utensils</a></li> - -<li class="first">Matches, <a href="#Page40">40</a></li> -<li>Moccasins, <a href="#Page2">2</a>, <a href="#Page16">16</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind04">Footgear</a></li> -<li>Mosquitoes, <a href="#Page10">10</a>-<a href="#Page11">11</a></li> -<li class="level2">headnet and, <a href="#Page101">101</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind05">Hat</a></li> -<li class="level2">netting for, <a href="#Page35">35</a></li> -<li class="level2">tarlatan for, <a href="#Page101">101</a></li> - -<li class="first">Neat’s-foot oil. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind06">Waterproofing</a></li> -<li>Nesting pails, <a href="#Page8">8</a>, <a href="#Page34">34</a></li> - -<li class="first">Pockets, <a href="#Page4">4</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind01">Clothing</a></li> -<li>Poncho, <a href="#Page100">100</a></li> -<li>Privy, care of, <a href="#Page168">168</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind07">Sanitation</a></li> - -<li class="first">Recipes, <a href="#Page45">45</a></li> -<li class="level2">apples, <a href="#Page49">49</a></li> -<li class="level2">bacon, <a href="#Page62">62</a></li> -<li class="level2">baked beans, <a href="#Page59">59</a>-<a href="#Page60">60</a></li> -<li class="level2">baking powder biscuits, <a href="#Page55">55</a>-<a href="#Page56">56</a></li> -<li class="level2">boiling vegetables, <a href="#Page65">65</a>-<a href="#Page66">66</a></li> -<li class="level2">bread-making, <a href="#Page51">51</a></li> -<li class="level2">broth, <a href="#Page62">62</a></li> -<li class="level2">buckwheat cakes, <a href="#Page61">61</a></li> -<li class="level2">Chinese tea-cakes, <a href="#Page63">63</a></li> -<li class="level2">chowder, <a href="#Page62">62</a>-<a href="#Page63">63</a></li> -<li class="level2">corn bread<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page228">[228]</a></span>, -<a href="#Page56">56</a>-<a href="#Page57">57</a></li> -<li class="level2">corn meal, <a href="#Page48">48</a></li> -<li class="level2">corn pone, <a href="#Page60">60</a>-<a href="#Page61">61</a></li> -<li class="level2">eggs, <a href="#Page54">54</a>-<a href="#Page55">55</a></li> -<li class="level2">fish, <a href="#Page52">52</a>-<a href="#Page53">53</a></li> -<li class="level2">fudge, <a href="#Page64">64</a>-<a href="#Page65">65</a></li> -<li class="level2">gingerbread, <a href="#Page63">63</a></li> -<li class="level2">macaroni, <a href="#Page48">48</a></li> -<li class="level2">mashed potatoes, <a href="#Page61">61</a>-<a href="#Page62">62</a></li> -<li class="level2">mayonnaise dressing, <a href="#Page66">66</a></li> -<li class="level2">molasses cookies, <a href="#Page64">64</a></li> -<li class="level2">mushrooms, <a href="#Page61">61</a>-<a href="#Page62">62</a></li> -<li class="level2">olive oil, <a href="#Page65">65</a></li> -<li class="level2">pancakes, <a href="#Page57">57</a>-<a href="#Page58">58</a></li> -<li class="level2">partridge, <a href="#Page53">53</a>-<a href="#Page54">54</a></li> -<li class="level2">penuche, <a href="#Page64">64</a></li> -<li class="level2">rice, <a href="#Page48">48</a></li> -<li class="level2">soups, <a href="#Page58">58</a>, <a href="#Page59">59</a></li> -<li class="level2">stewed fruits, <a href="#Page65">65</a></li> -<li class="level2">stock, <a href="#Page46">46</a></li> -<li class="level2">vegetable stew, <a href="#Page49">49</a></li> -<li class="level2">white sauce, <a href="#Page63">63</a></li> -<li>Reflector baker, <a href="#Page8">8</a>, <a href="#Page39">39</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind02">Cooking utensils</a></li> - -<li class="first">Safety pins, <a href="#Page5">5</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind01">Clothing</a></li> -<li id="Ind07">Sanitation, camp health and, <a href="#Page157">157</a>-<a href="#Page170">170</a></li> -<li class="level2">water and, <a href="#Page10">10</a>, <a href="#Page30">30</a>-<a href="#Page31">31</a>, -<a href="#Page42">42</a>-<a href="#Page44">44</a>, <a href="#Page76">76</a></li> -<li>Skirt, <a href="#Page4">4</a>, <a href="#Page17">17</a>-<a href="#Page19">19</a></li> -<li class="level2">extra. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind01">Clothing</a></li> -<li class="level2">khaki, <a href="#Page17">17</a></li> -<li class="level2">tweed, <a href="#Page17">17</a>, <a href="#Page22">22</a></li> -<li>Soap, <a href="#Page5">5</a>, <a href="#Page20">20</a></li> -<li>Sporting catalogs, <a href="#Page103">103</a></li> -<li>Sporting magazines, <i>Outing</i>, <i>Country Life in America</i>, <i>Forest and Stream</i>, <i>Field and Stream</i>, -<i>Recreation</i>, <i>Rod and Gun in Canada</i>, <a href="#Page110">110</a></li> -<li>Stockings, <a href="#Page3">3</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind01">Clothing</a></li> -<li class="level2">holeproof, <a href="#Page16">16</a>, <a href="#Page17">17</a>, <a href="#Page19">19</a></li> -<li class="level2">woolen, <a href="#Page16">16</a></li> -<li>Sweater, <a href="#Page18">18</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind01">Clothing</a></li> - -<li class="first">Tents<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page229">[229]</a></span>, -<a href="#Page110">110</a>-<a href="#Page111">111</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind08">Equipment</a> and also -<a href="#Ind09">Expenses</a></li> -<li>Tin can camping, <a href="#Page26">26</a></li> -<li>Tools, <a href="#Page9">9</a>, <a href="#Page35">35</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind08">Equipment</a></li> -<li>Tooth brush, <a href="#Page5">5</a></li> -<li>Tooth paste, <a href="#Page5">5</a></li> -<li>Trail, <a href="#Page209">209</a>-<a href="#Page220">220</a></li> -<li class="level2">following the, <a href="#Page211">211</a>-<a href="#Page214">214</a></li> -<li class="level2">independence on, <a href="#Page209">209</a>-<a href="#Page211">211</a></li> -<li class="level2">lost on, <a href="#Page214">214</a>-<a href="#Page216">216</a></li> -<li class="level2">walking, <a href="#Page70">70</a></li> - -<li class="first">Vacation Bureaus, <a href="#Page115">115</a></li> -<li>Viscol. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind06">Waterproofing</a></li> - -<li class="first">Water, <a href="#Page10">10</a>, <a href="#Page42">42</a>-<a href="#Page44">44</a>, -<a href="#Page76">76</a>. <i>See</i> <a href="#Ind03">Health</a> and also <a href="#Ind07">Sanitation</a></li> -<li id="Ind06">Waterproofing, <a href="#Page3">3</a>, <a href="#Page14">14</a>, <a href="#Page16">16</a>. <i>See</i> -<a href="#Ind04">Footgear</a></li> - -</ul><!--index--> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="tnbot" id="TN"> - -<h2>Transcriber’s Notes</h2> - -<p>Depending on the hard- and software used to read this text, not all elements may display as intended.</p> - -<p>Inconsistent and unusual spelling and hyphenation have been retained; spelling and hyphenation differences between -the body text and the index have not been standardised.</p> - -<p>Page 203: bating: as printed, possibly an error for baiting.</p> - -<p><b>Changes made:</b></p> - -<p>Footnotes and illustrations have been moved out of text paragraphs.</p> - -<p>Some missing punctuation has been added, some unnecessary punctuation has been deleted silently.</p> - 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