PRACTICAL POINTS ON CAMPING OUT. 



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animal should ever be allowed to carry more than 250 pounds, 

 and small ones not more than 1 50 to 200. Overloading is 

 cruel and is nearly sure to cause sore backs. 



SUPPLIES FOR TWO MEN FOR A TEN DAYS' TRIP ON FOOT. 



10 pounds hard bread. 

 12 pounds bacon. 

 3 pounds dried apples or 

 peaches. 



2 pounds salt. 



3 pounds sugar. 



2 pounds coffee, roasted 

 and ground, or 



i pound tea. 



2 sleeping bags, or 

 blankets. 



2 rifles or guns. 

 100 cartridges. 



2 fishing rods. 



2 reels. 



Hooks, lines, flies, reels, 



2 belts and hunting 



knives. 

 2 pocket knives. 

 I axe. 



1 tent. 



2 pack straps. 



2 suits extra underwear, 



in bags. 

 4 pairs socks. 

 2 rubber coats. 

 2 compasses. 

 2 watches. 

 1 camp kettle. 

 I frying pan. 

 1 wire broiler. 

 1 stew pan. 



1 coffee pot. 



2 tin plates. 

 2 spoons. 



2 tin cups. 



1 dish cloth. 



2 pounds tobacco, 

 2 pipes. 



1 map. 

 300 matches. 



2 water-proof match 



boxes. 

 2 ounces insect lotion. 

 2 cakes soap. 

 2 towels. 

 2 tooth brushes. 

 Supply of small change. 



etc. 

 Total weight about 90 pounds. 



It is possible to curtail this list slightly, but not without some sacrifice 

 of comfort. 



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