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A last caution which might well have come first 

 is that you be wary of your drinking supply when 

 camping. If you imbibe the nectar of the gods 

 from a living spring at its source " b'gosh, that 's 

 the kind er water a feller kin drink when he ain't 

 dry! " you shouldn't worry. But if in the least 

 suspicious of contamination, either boil the water or 

 treat it with a dilute solution of chloride of lime. 

 The following formula will be satisfactory: Add 

 one teaspoonful of fresh chloride of lime to one pint 

 of water, which will keep for several days if stored 

 in a stoppered bottle. If one teaspoonful of this 

 solution is added to two gallons of drinking water 

 and allowed to stand for half an hour the water will 

 then be safe for use. 



But my ! boys, it 's getting late ; and the camp-fire 

 has burned low. Suppose we all crawl into our 

 blankets. Good night! and a full creel for every- 

 body tomorrow. 



Finally, patient " Scholer," and once again, 



Here 's to the swish of the Split-Bamboo ! 

 Musical swish of your own bamboo. 



Go to it! And may the abounding benediction of 

 the Great Father of the beautiful outdoors be visited 

 upon each and every one of you, in the guise of re- 

 newed brightness of eye, elasticity of step, accelera- 

 tion of appetite and digestion coincident with reduc- 



