

Camping out is a noble and improving sport, but should be indulged in 

 with caution. 



Should the young angler find himself to be hopelessly lost in the woods, 

 he should proceed to camp out and yell in a shrill tenor voice every four 

 minutes during the night, until he is rescued by a large leather-headed guide 

 who earns $4 a day. 



The first duty of the camper out is to build a fire, which is a pleasant 

 process during or just after a rain. Having built the fire, he should spread his 

 blankets to the windward. The windward of a camp fire changes every sixty- 

 four seconds, which will fill the young angler with smoke and emotion and keep 

 his mind occupied by moving his blankets in a circle. After three hours of this 

 solemn amusement, he may let the fire go out, and, listening to the grand old 

 voices of the pines and mosquitoes, drop to sleep, if he can, and be happy. 



If the young angler finds that he has no matches, he may rub two sticks 

 together after the manner of the North American Indians in Cooper's novels; 

 but unless he happens to be an Indian himself he will quit after several hours* 

 industry, and keep warm by dancing a jig. 



Should he discover during the night that he had accidentally spread his 

 blankets upon a nest of large and polygamous ants, he should at once arise and 

 move camp. No angler should be cruel to dumb animals. 



The art of cooking in camp is of great value. Soup, coffee and boiled 

 cabbage may all be prepared in the same utensil, but for sponge cake and 

 calves-foot jelly a separate pan must be used. 



I had a friend who went camping in the North Woods for two weeks, and 

 he says he enjoyed every minute of his stay; but rather than go again he will 

 gt> to State prison for nine years. 



If the few little precepts I have given can be of any use to the young 

 anglers who will read them, I shall be glad. They have been of no use to me. 



HENRY GUY CARLETON. 



