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space down to the bare ground, then see that it is 

 'bare ground and not a boggy, rooty peat-bed be- 

 ineath, that will take fire and smoulder and burn 

 'away down under the surface out of sight, to break 

 through, perhaps, a week after you have gone, and 

 set the whole mountain-side afire. Build your fire 

 on bare, sandy earth ; have a shovel and can of 

 water at hand, and put the fire out when you are 

 done with it. It is against the law in most States to 

 I set a fire out of doors after the 1st of April, without 

 a permit from the fire-warden. 



Now, after this caution, you ought to go out some 1 

 evening by the shore with a small party and roast 

 some green corn in the husk; then, wrapping some 

 potatoes in clay, bake them ; if you have fish, wrap 

 ithem in clay with their scales on, and bake them. 

 The scales will come off beautifully when the clay 

 is cracked off, and leave you the tastiest meal of 

 fish and potatoes and corn you ever ate. Every boy 

 and girl ought to have a little camp-life and ought | 

 to have each his share of camp-work to perform this' 

 .summer. 



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At the close of some stifling July day you oughtj 

 'to go out into the orchard or woods and watch thef 

 evening come on to notice how the wild life re j : 

 vives, flowers open, birds sing, animals stir, breezes* 1 

 start, leaves whisper, and all the world awakes. 



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