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and in such cases it is a great luxury to be able to build a small 

 fire inside of the tent, crawl in, close the door and defy the 

 elements. Mr. Orin Belknap, an old-time hunter and ranch- 

 man, of Thetis, Washington Territory, and well known to all 

 readers of sportsmen's literature as "Uncle Fuller," devised 

 a plan for feeding a fire inside a tent of this description, which 

 he called by the name of a certain well-known cooking-range 

 in the market, but which I have thought proper to rechristen 

 the "Belknap Range." The plan is this: two trenches, six 

 inches wide and deep, are cut from the outer sides of the 

 tent running at right-angles to each other and crossing in the 

 center of the tent. These are covered with bark or boards 

 or flat rocks, except at their intersection. Here two green 

 sticks, about two feet long and four inches thick, are laid at 

 a distance of two feet apart; a piece of heavy sheet-iron or a 

 large flat rock is laid on them and the fire built on this. The 

 purpose of these trenches is to supply fresh air for the fire 

 and thus create a draft to carry off the smoke, through the 

 opening in the top of the tent. This arrangement has been 

 found effective, and has afforded a great deal of comfort in 

 many a bitter cold night, to "Uncle Fuller" and his compan- 

 ions, while hunting in the mountains. 



If a wall-tent be used, then a sheet-iron stove should be 

 carried along. There are several of these in the market one 

 at least intended solely for heating purposes, and others for 

 both heating and cooking. Any tinner can make a good 

 camp heating-stove. The best pattern is simply a cone 

 with the pipe collar on the smaller end. This is placed with 

 the larger opening on the ground; and near the lower part of 

 it is a door about six inches wide by eight inches high. 

 Four joints of pipe should be carried, each about twenty-two 

 inches long, and made to telescope so that when packed they 

 are but little longer than one joint would be. The stove may 

 be made in any desired size, but one of about eighteen inches 

 in diameter at the mouth and eighteen inches high, will, if 



