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SPORTSMAN S HAND BOOK. 



about eight or nine feet long, and as large as you can carry. 

 Lean the sticks against the tree on the windward side, with 

 the lower ends about four feet from the root of the tree, 

 and the upper ends close together; stake the Jower ends so 

 they can not roll, or slip, then build a fire on the ends next 

 to the tree with good, dry sticks; for kindling, you can find 

 some pitch-wood on the side of a pine tree that has been 

 burnt. It will take some little time to get your fire started, 

 and after it is once started, as the ends of the stick burnjoff, 

 they will slip down on the tree, and in contact with fresh 

 bark, which will keep up the fire all night. One large stick 

 is better than two small ones, but one man could not handle 

 one that would be large enough to burn all night. This fire 

 is not for the purpose of keeping you warm, but just a 



