The National tribune., 1902-07-10

trench. The same plan may be followed
by using two rows of stones instead of the
green logs. Both are mentioned because
handy stones are only found in certain
parts of the country. For temporary
camp of a couple of days the trench may
be omitted. y couple of logs laid side by
side and pcgged at the ends. or secured by
stones to prevent rolling. will serve. If
they lie seven inches apart at one end
and four inches at the other they will
accommodate utensils of various sizes.
The shifting camp. for frequent stops.
is of various forms. The easiest for most
| travellers is the Indian camp" For this
cut 12-foot pole, sharpen both ends,
force one into the ground and the other
INTO the bark of some convenient sound
tree: thatch the pole with the best green
branches available. and make n bed of
browse This gives a rude bough house,
by no means bad for night or two. If
among timber too small to hold the
pointed pole, cut a sapling with a fork
FOR the upper end, or even n brushy top
will answer. Failing these. the upper end
of the pole may be supported by forkcd
! upright driven for the purpose. II in
rocky country, with soil too thin to hold
the upright, it may be made firm by pill
| ing rocks about the base, or it may be
| fixed against or between old stumps or
logs.
y useful shelter can be made of n rub
ber blanket. or a IX9 sheet of waterproofed
cotton, with tie strings at the four cor
ners. This is put up by tying two cor
ners to poles driven into the ground, and
the remaining corners to short pegs. This
SlyeS an ample roof of any desired slant,
| and with the ends closed by brush and 4
fire in front such camp is excellent dur
| ing moderate weather.
My own favorite shelter for warm
weather outings of a couple Of days or so
is made of big sheet or waterproof stuff,
with an eyelet and long tie string at each
corner. while instead of pole / use n
3O-foot clothesline. This saves all cut
ting or bother with poles, f.'r tightly
| stretched between a couple of trees, the
line takes the place of a ridgepole. When
the sheet is thrown over it the sides of
the roof thus formed may, by means of
the strings, be spread to any desired angle
and made fast to saplings or driven pegs
| This shelter may be fixed with its edges
TO the ground like an A-tent, or raised
high enough for hammock to be slung
under, merely by raising or lowering the
supporting rope. Rolled, bound, and made
fast with the rope, it forms a handy pack
and it takes little space in the canoe.
When desired, extra clothing or other
stuff may be rolled up inside along with
the hammock.
Other easily constructed shelters are
lean-tos of bark or green stuff. To make
lean-to. either fix Il cross-pole between
two handy saplinss, or support it by two
driven poles, with forks about six feet
from the ground. Lean against the cross
pole enough other poles to form a rough
roof having the proper pitch. and thatch
with green stuff or cover with bark, as
most convenient. The thatch is put on
like shingles from the bottom up. and
enough of it, properly laid, will turn a
heavy rain. Put on plenty of it, and
should storm threaten give the roof a
sleeper slant-the greater the slope the
drier the interior. The ends. and for that
matter much or all of the front. may be
closed with brush, but there seldom is any
necessity for this.
One of the finest camp pillows is a
small bag of stout material stuffed with
the aromatic needles of the pine, moss, or
leaves. The bag full of extra underwear
or other soft stuff is first rate, while a
mound of earth shaped by the hands and
covered with coat, or anything in the
line of cloth, is not to be despised.
Lastly-and this is the most important
thing of all-mOre important than your
comfort and pleasure-indeed, to many
people much more important than you
are! Put out that fire! Soak it-drown
it, but put it out so thoroughly that you
can go away satisfied that no criminal
carelessness on your part will add scar