The Brandon news., 1911-08-10
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very enjoyable meal Mr. Rice had the honor
of showing an Indian how 70 make q tea kettle
of birch bark and Of proving to the incredulous
savage that the water could be boiled in vessel
made of such infammable material We toasted
the bread which was as hard as stones to give
it flavor, as well as to make it easier to bite
and masticate We caught trout and
roasted them black The burnt surface acted as
q condment to the meat. We drank the tea straight
and enjoyed 1t.
But 1t 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 or draw string. Make the bags
of different material and different coiors. You
will soon learn by observing the color OF the bag
whether 1t contains fishing reel tobacco or
toilet articles Use oil silk for your toothbrush
bag buckskin or chamois skin for your ditty
bag In which you pack your nck-nacks, thread,
needles and personal treasures, when you do
not wish to carry them on 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,
hy-hooks and other small articles The big bags
for your blankets extra clothing provisions. etc.,
should be made of waterproof canvas Pack all
your cuffe, first in It's individual bags and then
put the small bags into the big ones These large
bags can be purchased at seventy-hve cents to
dollar and half apiece, with dollar extra Tor
tops and edges strongly bound with linen braid,
and they vary in size from feet inches to
feet 18 inches In regard to lock on your dufHe
bags. 1t is interesting to know that have trav-
eied across the continent number OF times with
all my baggage packed In such bags. have vis-
tied the Maine woods I have camped In the
Rockies in the Selkirk mountains and from
Maine to Washington state; never were the
"puckers" unloosened or tampered with by
strangers The bags seem to have been respect
ed even by the custom house officers. But! When
/ visited small hamlet in Connecticut and LETT
nv baggage in the railroad station unguarded Tor
15 minutes every bag was opened and the con-
tents examined will say for the honesty OF
the Connecticut Yankee that 1t was apparently
only curiosity which impelled him to invade the
privacy of the contents or 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 to you for giving them
luggage which is so easily handled and SO easlIy
slowed away. Today the campers outfit Is q mar
vel of economy, both in regard to weight and
space which 1t occupies. You can obtain from
any reputable outftter cooking utensils which
nest i g. which f1t into each other snugly 30 that
they can all be packed In the largest utensil.
They are made Of aluminium OF the lightest
weight possible; the cooking utensils have 9
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 on prolonged camp
ing trip, all fits 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 In the dense for.
ests prairies, the hot desert, or the sandy ocean
beach But there are some general rules which