370 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK. 



The veil should be made in the shape of a bag, but open at 

 each end, about fifteen or eighteen inches long, and two or 

 two and a half feet in circumference. A piece of fine gum- 

 elastic cord is run in the hem at the top to clasp the body of 

 the hat, while a similar cord in the hem at the bottom secures 

 it around the neck ; the rim of the hat keeps it out from the 

 face. The bottom of the veil can be lifted somewhat, and the 

 stem of a pipe stuck in the mouth when one wants to smoke. 



Gauntlets can be made by sewing linen cuffs to a pair of 

 easy old kid gloves ; a piece of gum-elastic cord run in a hem 

 at the top of the cuff, clasping the arm under the coat-sleeve. 

 Last summer, I found a veil and gauntlets of this description 

 effectually to keep out these unwelcome visitors. 



Different lubricating compounds have been recommended as 

 preventives : among these are tar and sweet-oil, coal-oil, 

 creosote and oil, and oil of pennyroyal. The latter is the 

 cleanest, is not offensive, and is most convenient to carry ; it 

 should be diluted with sweet-oil, as it is extremely volatile. 

 The Canadians make a " smudge" to drive off the mosquitoes 

 and flies, which is not only movable, but has a pleasant 

 odor, not unlike that of the incense burnt in Catholic churches. 

 It is made by beating strips of dry bark of the white cedar, 

 and binding them into bundles four or five inches in diameter 

 and two or three feet long. One of these bundles will burn 

 for five or six hours, gradually smouldering away, and emit- 

 ting a pretty stream of blue smoke. It is convenient to place 

 by one's side at mealtime, or when reading or tying flies. 



I will not endeavor to anticipate by description, the interest 

 with which the novice will mark the skill and readiness of 

 the man of the woods, in the use of his paddle and pole, his 

 axe and his knife, and the various materials and appliances 

 he so aptly finds in the forest, for making rude tables, benches, 

 stools, beds, baskets, buckets, &c. 



