V. 

 CHANGES IN HERMIT - LIFE 



FOR several years I had slept in a hammock 

 without a roof to keep off the night air. I 

 had found this method inconvenient on ac- 

 count of stormy nights, when I was obliged 

 to seek the shelter of the cabin. I overcame 

 the difficulty by putting a tent roof over my 

 hammock. The sides and ends were open so 

 that I was practically exposed to the night 

 air. The tent roof protected me on stormy 

 nights, and with this slight shelter I slept 

 outdoors from April 1st until Christmas, un- 

 less there was a heavy, fall of snow, mean- 

 time. 



I found it inconvenient to cook my break- 

 fast, and then, after eating it, go to the city. 

 Why I did so was on account of my coffee 



