CHAPTER VI. 



CAMPING OUT. 



As a rule, the best shooting is not to be had 

 near good hotel accommodations ; consequently, if 

 the sportsman would enjoy it, he is often com- 

 pelled to sacrifice a few creature comforts, and 

 be contented for a time with perhaps less desir- 

 able quarters. By many, however, possessed of 

 hardy, vigorous constitutions and a keen love of 

 the sport, this very opportunity for getting away 

 from the trammels of society to the unreserve 

 and freedom of the hunter's camp is often con- 

 sidered as even a greater enticement, than the 

 increased quantities of game. 



1 am satisfied but comparatiyely little is known 

 by many sportsmen concerning the daily routine 

 and business of camp-life, and much unnecessary 

 labor and trouble is therefore undergone durmg 

 their first experiences. A great deal of useless 

 luggage is often taken, while much that should 



