SUGGESTIONS. 27o 



or "pnnky" come before July, iiucl stay. None of these, 

 however, are a serious incouveiiience if "tar-oil," camphor 

 and lard, or some oilier of the well known mixtures for 

 Avarding- off insects are persistently used. Insects rarely 

 accompan}' their victims out upon open water. A breezy 

 camp, also, is pretty free from them. ]\Iosi|uito-nettini;- at 

 night is worth all the trouble it costs to arrange it. 



In camp, hemlock or balsam boughs, and plenty of 

 them, make the best bed. Each person should have a 

 blanket to himself, and roll up in it. Wear a soft hat. cap, 

 or other protection on the head. Take a small flour sack 

 and till it with hemlock twigs or grass and put a coat (ner 

 it for a pillow. 



Have plenty of jokes, but no •• fooling "" with the a.xe, the 

 boat, or with each other, in camp or on the water. Bodily 

 injuries or a dead man in the Avoods, with long '" carries" 

 on the way out to civilization, are great niconveniences. 

 Few people l)ecome sick in the woods, and, with caic, acci 

 dents of a serious nature are not likely to occur. Of all 

 things, avoid going off into the woods alone, away from 

 the water or the trail. Nothingis easier than to 'gel lost," 

 — nothing much harder than to "get found" again. 



Guides usually charge $2.50 or $3.00 each pei- day, 

 including boat. Hotels usually charge 50 cents each for 

 meals and lodging, or from $7, to .|iO per week for l)oard, 

 with use of boats. In camp, the food of each man costs 

 not to exceed 25 cents per day. One gnide and bo;\t for 

 two si)ortsmen is comfortable,— a guide and boat for each 

 sportsman is a luxury worth payhig for if you can aiford it. 



