CHAPTER XIX. 

 Camps and Camping. 



1WILL say that the conditions and location in which one is 

 to camp makes a great difference in the preparations. If one 

 is just going outside of town to camp for a few days out- 

 ing, commodities may be to your liking as to quality and 

 quantity. In these days, should the larder run low, it is only 

 necessary for the camper to step out a short distance to a farm 

 house where he is almost sure to find a telephone. In such cases 

 all that the camper has to do is to 'phone to town, ordering his 

 favorite brands delivered to camp, and soon an automobile is on 

 the road laden with supplies, hastening to the campers' relief. 



Conditions are different when the camper is far from town ; 

 or perhaps miles from a dwelling or perhaps even a public road 

 and the camper is compelled to pack his camp outfit, grub stake 

 and all over miles of rough trail, or it may be no trail at all ; then 

 the camper must curtail his desires to their utmost limit. 



If the camper is on strange ground, and the camp is to be 

 permanent or for some weeks, it is best for the camper not to be 

 in too big a hurry to select the camping ground, and take up with 

 any sort of a place. It is even better to make a temporary camp 

 and look the locality over and select a place where good water 

 can be had, and wood for fuel is plentiful and near camp. If 

 possible, select a spot in a thicket of evergreen timber of a second 

 growth and out of the way of any large trees that might blow onto 

 the camp. 



If the ground is sloping, place your camp parallel with the 

 slope, whether tent or log cabin, as the surface water can more 

 readily be drained off, and not allowed to soak into the ground 

 and cause dampness inside of the tent. A ditch should be dug 

 around the tent to drain all surface water, and eaves so the water 



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