HOW TO PACK 15 



Excepting the guns, rifle and rod, which were kept separate, 



the whole of this kit packed into five loads : 

 Food (two loads), 78lbs. One large brown canvas pad- 



Box specimen case fitted with locked kit-bag, 58 Ibs. 



trays, 2 ft. x 1 ft. 3 in. x One smaller ditto, 53 Ibs. 



1 ft. 3 in., and which carried 



some of the small bags in 



the top tray, 25 Ibs. 



By the method of packing certain articles in 

 small bags and cases, as I have shown above, 

 and attaching outside a label stating contents, 

 one avoids confusion when any particular article 

 is wanted. 



The outfit above-noted was, perhaps, not 

 perfect, but it contained most of the essential 

 things and served me very well throughout my 

 journey. In fact I would to-day make little 

 change were I again setting forth on a like 

 undertaking. 



The question of weight is of course the great 

 consideration that must modify your choice 

 when you have but the limited space of a single 

 canoe to accommodate stores, as well as its two 

 occupants. 



It was an hour after dawn the breathless air 

 had lost but part of the wistfulness of night, the 

 clouds hung grey and heavy with rain. Spring 

 with a soft persistent hand was at last breaking 

 down the iron grip of winter. 



It was May 12, and, having roped the canoe 

 and kit in a wagon hired from the lumber mill, 

 we were setting off on the long trail and were 

 making our way through spruce forest down the 



