The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-06
ghe aahita Daily eagle Sunday rornng guIp s, 1890.
1;ring. It would be queer sort of camp

spring. It would be a queer sort of camp
without spring. In some shady spot near
the spring place on the ground two solid
green logs eight inches through and six
feet long. Have the upper side of the logs
hewn fat. They must be lain parallel,
seven inches or so apart at one end and four
or five at the other.
Drive a strong crotched stake at the open
space at each end of the logs. Hang a stout
pole from one crotch to. the other. The
space between the two logs is for your fire.
Tire pole above it is TO hang your kettle on.
The fire is built in the narrow inclosure
between the logs, Of short hard woods, that
make little smoke, not fierce but very hot
blaze, and become bed Of the reddest and
most tenacious Goals. Such woods are
birch, hickory, meple and ash, cut short
and split The logs are laid wider apart at
one end than at the other TO accommodate
the different sizes of cooking utensils
which are set on the logs over the fire.
This forest range Will cook anything, with
ease and comfort tothe cook.
But if the camping party is not inclined
to keep kitchen fire as well as a parlor
fire, so to speak, cooking may be done
without inconvenience or annoyance az the
camp fire l have described. By pulling
down in front OF the forestick Goals from
the fire solid bed Of them may be made
fat on the ground, where the cook may
broil, boil, fry and stow to his hearts con-
tent and the qualification Of the camp.
The amateur woodsLngn is frequently so
wise in his own concei6 that he imasines
he has the instructive woodcraft that will
guide him infallibly On long tra1nps and
fetch him safely back ia camp. If he in
dulges this Imaginary instinct he will
find himself not only Tot safely in camp
but far away from it and lost. Then the
more he tries to find a way out the deeper
he becomes involved in the intricacies of
the forest Let him be advised and keep
cool. Sit down and take a smoke. If
night is coming On let him throw up a
shelter of bark and boughs, compose him
self to sleep and get up in the morning at
sunrise. If he really knows anything about
the woods he took note of the direction he
started when leaving camp and carries a
compass. If he has no compass, when he
wakes in the morning he will find the sun
in the east. From that he can tell all other
directions If the sun is hidden by clouds
let the camper remember that the branches
Of trees are always Uhickest and longest on
the south side, and that moss on trees Is
heaviest on the north side.
Let him make up his mind what direc-
ton to take, and above all not forget that
unless guided by some stationary mark in
that direction he will soon have veered far
out of his course. Therefore, the lost
camper must fix his eye on some particu-
lar tree or other mark in the landscape,
and walk straight to it. From that point
he must locate another object, and so on.
This will lead him straight, and it must be
an unusually large and wild country in
which such a course will not in a few
hours, at most, bring him to his camp or
landmarks by which. it may be easily
found. If the amateur woodsman loses his
head when he finds himself lost he will ut
once begin to plunge aimlessly and insane
ly about in the forest, and unless accident
favors him he will never find his way out.
Even experienced guides have been known
to meet death in the woods through losing
control Of themselves when lost in strange
regions. ED Mort.