Charlevoix county herald., 1911-08-19
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a very ENJOYABLE meal Mr. Rice had the honor
of showing an Indian how to make tea kettle
Of birch bark and of proving to the increduous
savage that the water could be boiled In a vessel
made of such inflammable material. We toasted
the bread, which hard stones, to give
it a flavor, well to make it easier to bite
and masticate. We caught some trout and
roasted them black. The burnt surface acted as
a condiment to the meat. We drank the tea straight
and enjoyed it,
But it Is not often necessary to reduce ones
commissary to such primitive basis. When you
have selected your camp outfit and personal bag
gage have bags made for every article bags
with quicker" draw string. Make the bags
Of different material and different coors. You
will soon learn by observing the color of the bag
whether 1t contains a fishing reel tobacco or
toilet articles. Use oil silk for your toothbrush
bag, buckskin or chamos skin for your dtty
bag in which you pack your nick-nacks, thread,
needles and personal treasures, when you do
not wish to carry them your person, such
things as your sleeve buttons collar buttons,
watch compass, etc. Use canton flannel for your
fish reels, chintz calico for your comb, brush,
fy-hooks and other small articles The big bags
for your blankets extra clothing provisions, etc,
should be made of waterproof canvas Pack all
your duffe, first in its individual bags and then
put the small bags into the big These large
bags can be purchased at seventy-hve cents to
dollar and half apiece, with dollar extra for
a lock Of you want one). The bags have double
tops and edges strongly DOunu WlJn linen Drdlu,
and they vary in size from feet inches TO
feet IS inches. In regard to lock your dufne
bags it is interesting to know that have trav-
eed across the continent number Of times with
all my baggage packed in such bags. l have WIS.,
tied the Maine woods. l have camped In the
Rockies, in the Selkirk mountains and from
Maine to Washington state; never were the
FUCKERS" unloosened or tampered with by
strangers. The bags seem to have been respect
ed even by the custom house officers But! When
| visited a small hamlet in Connecticut and left
my baggage in the railroad station unguarded for
Is minutes every bag opened and the con-
tents examined will say for the honesty of
the Connecticut Yankee that it was apparently
only curiosity which impeled him to invade the
privacy of the contents of these bags. This In
cident shows that these canvas bags should be
watched in some places. but. nevertheless, they
are as safe ordinarily as trunk. Besides, the
baggage men are grateful 20 you for giving them
luggage which is easily handled and so easily
slowed away. Today the campers outfit is mar
vel of economy, both in regard to weight and
space which it occupies You obtain from
any reputable outfitter cooking utensils which
nest, e.. which fit into each other snugly that
they ain be packed in the largest utensil.
They made OF aluminium of the lghtest
weight possible; the cooking utensils have a
single detachable handle which answers for all
of them. Plates cups and saucers are Of the
lightest weight possible. My whole outfit which
/ have used for nine people prolonged camp
ing trip, all Ats inside of the largest aluminium
pail Cheaper outfits Of the same sort can be
obtained In tin. In regard to the clothing which
you are to wear, that necessarily depends very
much upon the latitude of your proposed camp
ing trip and whether It will be I'm the dense for
ests, praries, the hot desert or the sandy ocean
beach. But there are somo general rules which