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utes. He knows by experience just what he wants to eat 

 and drink, and how much of it he will need per day. His 

 requisition on the supply-store, for a month's trip in the 

 mountains, is usually 50 pounds of flour, 25 pounds of bacon, 

 2 pounds of salt, 5 pounds of tobacco, and 5 gallons of 

 whisky; but a man of temperate habits would make an 

 entirely different selection. 



As to quality, buy the best of everything; it costs but lit- 

 tle more than an inferior grade and the best is none too good 

 for an honest man, when hard at work. As to quantity and 

 variety, no better guide can be given than the army regula- 

 tions regarding the soldier's ration. This is made up as the 

 result of years of study and practical experience, by men 

 whose lives are spent largely in camp, and who have learned 

 to a nicety what an ordinary man, engaged in active outdoor 

 work or play, for that matter -requires to keep him strong, 

 healthy and happy. The lists of provisions appended to this 

 chapter are based on the figures given in the army regula- 

 tions as constituting the soldier's daily ration; and any man 

 who has had the good fortune to fall in with a party of sol- 

 diers when engaged in partaking of a meal, well knows that 

 they live on the best, for their purpose, that the land can 

 afford. 



If you are sure you are going to find plenty of game or 

 fish, you can reduce the figures given as to the supply of 

 meat materially. But don't be too sure on that point. This 

 world is full of disappointments for hunters and anglers. 

 You have heard of men going for wool and coming back 

 shorn. 



Unless you are going to have a permanent camp, that 

 can be reached by good wagon roads, don't carry any 

 canned fruits. They are a delusion, and are two-thirds water. 

 The chances are, you will get better water where you are 

 going, and save the freight. Fruits are dried or evaporated 

 nowadays in such an excellent manner that there is no need 



