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such times generally when the camper-out most desires 

 repose commit insufferable depredations. Make the 

 bar of fine lawn or cotton cloth six feet long, four broad, 

 and three high. This will shelter two persons,, or ought 

 to, and will cost about $2. A pocket compass is some 

 times very valuable to one travelling in the woods, and 

 as he will not want to remain at all times in close 

 vicinage to camp, and as the faculty of direction is not 

 generally sufficiently developed in an amateur to enable 

 him to wander far into the swamps without getting lost&quot;, 

 one had better be taken. Expend a few dollars in fish 

 lines ; good, strong bass lines and hooks, and some 

 smaller ones for shecpshead and smaller fish. These, 

 with the expense of freight, will take at least five dol 

 lars, making a total expense for the whole trip of ninety 

 dollars. This leaves $10 for contingent expenses, which, 

 by a judicious expenditure, may be made to conduce 

 materially to the comfort of the camper-out. I flatter 

 myself that the amount would not have remained had I 

 not, by very careful calculation, reduced his wants to 

 the minimum. Do not cast about for some means of 

 spending this sum, though it may burn the pocket ; it 

 is best to retain a grip upon it, at least until the very 

 last week of camping. By the addition of a few dollars 

 one can secure a most convenient arrangement called a 

 &quot; camp kit,&quot; containing everything desirable for cooking 

 in a small space. In a large pail is packed frying-pan, 

 plates, knives, forks, etc. in fact, everything necessary 

 to the wants of a party of six, for the sum of a dozen 

 dollars. And then there is the portable stove, which, 

 weighing but little and small in compass, will prove a 

 blessing in any camp. A kerosene stove is very con 

 venient, but will necessitate carrying fuel, while for 



