CAMP LIFE. 293 
in July, I have sliivered in every coat and flannel I had 
with me. 
Moccasins are the things for the canoe, bnt if you try 
to clamber over rocks or wade streams in them, your 
feet will be bruised and cut severely. It is advisable to 
wear stout ankle gaiters that lace up, with heavy iron- 
nailed slippers that may be fastened with a strap and 
buckle over them, after you have left the canoe, and by 
means of which you can cling to the rocks without slip- 
ping so frequently as yon otherwise would. You will 
wear a straw hat, of course, and where mosquitoes are 
not innumerable, your flannel underclothes will make a 
delightful boating suit. Kever use anything but woollen 
socks for any sort of hard walking, and by having your 
net handle shod with iron, and carrying it in one hand, 
you will make your way among the slippery rocks with 
comparative safety. 
The bedding should consist of plenty of blankets, and 
one or two of them coated with India rubber and ren- 
dered waterproof, to keep ofi" the moisture that will 
always rise from the ground at niglit, to wrap the rest of 
your clothes in, and to protect them and yourself from 
rain and wet. A stout leather strap and buckle is neces- 
sary for the latter purpose. The best tent is a circular 
one without any ridge-pole, but supported by a rope run 
through a pulley attached to three long poles cut in the 
woods, and placed in the shape of a tripod above. The 
pins are driven into the cloth itself, and hold it so close 
to the ground that no insects can penetrate beneath, 
while a flap eflectually closes the door. Tliere is a hole 
for ventilation at the top, which, in a rain, may be closed 
