The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-07
RULES FOR CAMPING OUT.

t What to Do and what Not to Do on q
/ Gypsy Trip.
The first thing to be done in planning
a gypsy trip is to choose the kind oi
country and the season You can mos,
| enjoy. Then decide whether to tramr
with your baggage on your back oil
drawn in a horse wagon; whether to
| camp in one spot. or move from place
| to place: and whether to spend much
| money or little.
| 1t may be taken for granted that the
company is made up of good-humored
| persons, that maps of the route have
been studied thoroughly, that the
| leaders word is law, and that each
comrade will give up his own wishes
| and comfort for the good Of all
You viii have. to begin with. a rare
chance to wear out old clothing. Long,
loose, wooden shirts, with collar bands
| of silesia, on which separate wooden
| collars can be buttoned, are the best;
wear one. and carry one or two more
| for change, or to wear double in cold
spells. Use loose, wooden drawers.
worn inside out, to keep the seams
from chatting you, and shoes that lace
well above the ankles. and have been
thoroughly treated with neat's-foot oil
| Let them have iron, not steel nails
Use false soles, if you like, and wear
socks or stockings of wool or merino
rather than of cotton. Pantaloons
| should be loose, high at the waist, and
of rather heavy cloth. If you have
L - of
don't leave them off now: you can hide
them very well by passing them through
holes cut low down in the shirt. Wear
what you please, if it be comforta BILE.
Don't try to carry more than twenty
pounds apiece or to go more than ten
miles day on foot with pack. This
is fully hard enough work, if yon wish
to enjoy yourself without risk of i'll
ness. You will find the roll better
than the knapsack in the long run, and
it is lighter by at least two pounds and
half To make the roll, lay out the
blanket fat and roll it as tightly as
possible without folding it, putting in
the other baggage as You proceed; tie
it in several places, and tie or strap the
ends together. Wear the ring thus
made over your shoulder and around
your body. You may find it better to
fold the rubber blanket about the roll,
or roll it by itself, so as to carry it
linked in the other roll; you may need
it before camping, and will thus save
undoing the big roll.
The roll is easier to carry than is the
knapsack, and is readily shifted from
shoulder to shoulder or taken off: then,
too, you can ease the burden a little
with your hand. Besides this, you
save carrying the weight of the KNAPP
sack. But, if you take knapsack, let
it have broad straps. A haversack you
must, of course, have.
Besides a rubber blanket, half shell
ter tent, and ropes, you must have
stout wooden blanket, with lining
sewed to it along one side, but but
toned on at the ends and other sides
You can dry it, when wet, better than
if it were sewed all around. The items
of personal baggage are as follows:
Rubber blanket 219 pounds: wooden
blanket and lining, Az pounds: haver-
sack and canteen, II pounds; drawers,
shirts, socks, and collars, 2 pounds;
half shelter tent and ropes, pounds;
towels. soap. comb, toothbrush, salve
air-tight match safe, knife, fork, spoon, !
dipper, stationery. good book, etc,
21s pounds: food for one day, pounds;
total, IS pounds. Besides these. each
must carry his share of the company
baggage: Frying-pan. coffee pot and
pail, 3 pounds; hatchet, tent pins
sheath-knife, case and belt, pounds;
clothes brush, mosquito netting, strings,
maps, guide books, compass, song book,
3 pounds; total, 10 pounds.
You can do a great deal of cooking
with frying pan and IA coffee pot after
little experience. Have coffee pot
with a ball as we'll as handle, and
with a lip rather than spout. Of
course you will know enough not to
put your pot or pan on the burning
wood, and not to use pitchy fuel, or let
the handles get hot or smutty. Study
cook book, and practice well at home
first, or you will have to go hungry
when you least expect it.
Start short time after breakfast,
while the day is yet young and cool,
but don't hurry and work hard at it.
On the march it is well to rest for short
spells-say, ten minutes out of every
hour. Drink good water as often as
you feel thirsty, only not much at
time, and bear in mind that often you
can stop thirst by rinsing the mouth
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