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a " three-quarter " size. But it will pack all right 

 into the center of a duffle-bag, the blade having a 

 guard affixed. That icemen's ax, with its pick at 

 one end of the head, isn't a bad camp-tool, with the 

 handle shortened. And it is a good idea to wire 

 your ax- and hatchet-heads to their helves, by insert- 

 ing a piece of stout wire through a hole bored 

 through the handle close to the back of the head 

 and then bringing the ends of the wire in front of 

 the head and twisting them together. 



The novice will be interested to see what an actual 

 " grub-list," ample for five men for two weeks, will 

 look like. We lived royally on this with the addi- 

 tion to the menu of trout, wild-strawberry short- 

 cake, and some potatoes and a fowl or two obtained 

 from a farmer in a manner perfectly legitimate. 

 And note that we were not unmindful of the value 

 of macaroni as a portable potato-substitute. The 

 total expense of this trip, exclusive of railroad fares 

 but inclusive of twelve dollars paid for the trans- 

 portation of the whole outfit, men and dunnage, into 

 and out of the woods about twenty-five miles 

 at the prices then current, amounted to seventy- 

 nine cents per day for each member of the party. 

 Alas ! those days so recent yet of yore have gone, 

 never to return. Here then follows the larder : 



7 pounds flour 4 pounds rice 



4 pounds prepared pancake- 10 pounds bacon 

 flour 2 pounds salt pork 



