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cheaper TIB affair. Usually the only possible suc- 

 cessful exposure is a very slow instantaneous on ac- 

 count of the shade of the woods. Unless you are out 

 for photographs purely or primarily do not attempt to 

 use a plate camera. 



In the matter of shooting-irons there is no excuse for 

 taking anything larger than a .22 of some sort on a 

 fishing trip. " Combination " hunting and fishing 

 trips are not usually very successful in either branch. 

 If the fishing is to be done from a canoe a .22 repeat- 

 ing rifle is the thing, using either the long-rifle, the 

 Automatic or the .22-7. But if wading is the program 

 a single-shot pistol with barrel heavy enough to handle 

 the long-rifle cartridge without excessive " jumping " 

 is most practicable. The new smokeless and greaseless 

 long-rifle cartridge should be used. This cartridge, al- 

 though only a target size, will account very nicely for 

 grouse, ducks, and the smaller furred game if you 

 shoot straight. 



When fishing brushy mountain streams and small 

 swamp brooks one of the handiest things you can have 

 along is a light-weight pocket-axe that you can slip in 

 a hip-pocket and never know it is there until you want 

 it. Perhaps, some day, after you have gnawed apart 

 a good-sized and very tough tree with a jack-knife, to 

 make a bridge over a flooded brook in a tamarack 

 swamp or walked ten miles to get around it you 

 will remember this. 



In the matter of what to wear it is difficult to give 



