PRACTICAL POINTS ON CAMPING OUT. 



BY G. O. SHIELDS. 



AS many of the best fishing waters are in the wilderness, 

 remote from hotels or even from farm houses and ran- 

 ^ ches, and as much of the best fishing can therefore be 

 done only from camps, it is deemed proper to give here some 

 general observations and instructions on the subject of camp- 

 ing out. What I shall say will be designed specially for 

 young sportsmen, or novices in the matter of field sports, 

 and yet it is possible that my thirty years of experience in 

 wood-craft and mountaineering may enable me to say some 

 things that will interest the "old boys," as well. 



So many anglers are also devotees of the rifle or gun that 

 it may not be out of place to cover, in so far as it can be 

 done in a limited paper like this, the subject of camping in 

 general, whether for hunting, fishing, or merely for fresh air, 

 rest and recreation. 



CLOTHING. 



Before camping come the busy notes of preparation for 

 camping; and the first and most important question on this 

 point is, "What shall I wear?" My answer to this question 

 is, "Whatever you wear, let it be all wool." No matter at 

 what time of year you are going out, whether in mid-summer 

 or in mid- winter, in spring or fall; whether your destination 



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