304 CAMP LIFE. 
of the wall are rings to peg it down, and the width is 
the same as the depth. This tent sets np eight feet high, 
and is quickly pitched if the poles are retained, which 
can be readily done, as they are convenient in the bottom 
of the canoe to keep other baggage from the wet. The 
size may be diminished to eight feet sqnare, but will be 
found rather cramped, especially in wet weather, when the 
fisherman is more or less compelled to stay indoors, and 
will not permit of what is often desirable, accommodat- 
ing a visitor. 
For the men, a simple strip of canvas eight feet square, 
with sloping sides, is all that is required. In fact, in cold 
weather an open tent with a fire in front is preferable to 
all others, and can be kept as warm as an oven. A Sib- 
ley tent has many advantages, but must be large, and is 
troublesome to transport. In cold weather, logs should 
be cut down and laid up with mud like a hut, or boards 
driven into the ground close together to form the foun- 
dation, and the tent set over them. It will be warmer 
and more roomy. 
Where there is naught to be shot, and as little to be 
caught, no man has any business in the woods ; but as 
bad marksmanship or scarcity of game may cause the 
first, or a rise of water the second, it is Avell to know 
that a pound of biscuit and a pound of pork per day is 
all that a man requires for his support. A fair allowance 
however would be, considering it merely as an addition 
to the proceeds of the gun and rod, a pound of biscuit 
or bread, and half a pound of pork. Where fiour is 
taken the amount of bread may be reduced ; but as the 
staft' of life occasionally becomes wet and moldy, it is 
