76 THREE MOXTHS IX FLORIDA 



helps to strengthen one after a heavy tramp, or long 

 hunt, as a cup of good coffee. Carry it whole, brown it 

 in the frying-pan and pound it in a shot-bag with a 

 axe. Thus it will be kept until needed, of refreshing 

 strength and aroma. The condensed coffee is liked by 

 some, and if it suits the taste, should be taken, as it 

 saves much in bulk and preparation. A dollar more 

 needs to be added for this substitute. A little sugar, of 

 course, unless one prefers &quot;long sweetening,&quot; which 

 latter is more liable to loss, being un-pick-up-able when 

 spilt. A dozen cans of condensed milk, costing about 

 three dollars, will last a single person a long time. If 

 this is taken, the sugar may be dispensed with ; if it is 

 not, then take three dollars worth of cu t loaf sugar. In 

 a land of sugar-cane one need not be without sweetening 

 for his coffee. Salt and pepper, a few pickles, or 

 pickled onions, and a little condensed beef, in all not 

 exceeding three dollars ; to which may be added, very 

 gratefully, a choice list of delicacies, but they will not 

 be allowed in this bill, as we haven t got any further 

 than the larder, and have expended sixty-eight dollars 

 already. The indispensable cooking utensils are few. 

 First, as the chief friend of the camper-out, is the fry 

 ing-pan. Never omit it. Let it receive early attention. 

 It should be a foot in diameter, well made of wrought 

 iron, and with a IOIKJ handle. The handle is especially 

 marked long in italics for the benefit of the novice in 

 cooking over an open fire. 



Next in order is the bake kettle, an article once in 

 use among our ancestors a hundred years ago, or so, in 

 the good old times ; and to be found in every cracker &quot; 

 family at the South at the present day. The camper- 

 out cannot do without it. It should be at least a foot 



