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secured a part of these, and on my arrival home 

 Madame fell upon all the others, saying their like 

 could not be bought in town, and so sequestered 

 them for her own private use. Ah, well! I will go 

 back to that mill one day and get me a good camp 

 bed yet. Should you yourself ever be in the vicinity 

 of a big pulp mill, inquire of the manager what he is 

 doing with his waste blanket stuff. It may prove a 

 bargain in more senses than one. I have never seen 

 the like of the blankets which I got in this way, 

 brief as my ownership thereof proved to be. Of 

 course, not all might prove so good. 



How about the cooking which is to go on in your 

 summer camp ? How are you going to make bread ? 

 There are two good ways, the Dutch oven and the 

 reflecting oven. You will find the latter in aluminum 

 very practical for making biscuits in front of the 

 fire. For real bread, precisely such as grandmother 

 used to make in the fireplace, you may turn to the 

 good old-fashioned Dutch oven in cast iron. It is 

 so heavy that the outfitters offer you substitutes in 

 sheet steel or aluminum. Take your pick. If you 

 are a beginner, you will probably do better with 

 the folding reflector. In this you can see the bis- 

 cuits begin to burn. In the other sort, you do not 

 know they have burned until you take off the lid. 



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