The simplest way to hang a pail over the fire is to 

 suspend it from the end of a slender pole forced slant- 

 ingly into the ground. 



A more elaborate way for a large place or for sev- 

 eral pails, is to set a forked stick at each end of the 

 fire and suspending the pail or pails from a green pole 

 laid over the forked uprights. In a permanent camp 

 it is best to cut a number of stout hooks and hang the 

 pails on nails driven into the lower end of the hooks; 

 as shown in the photograph. This plan enables the 

 camp cook to remove each pail whenever he wishes. 



Cat Faced Norway Pines. 

 The result of fires escaping from camp. 



For cooking, only dry and sound wood should be 

 used. Wood, which is lying on wet or damp ground 

 is worthless. Dead, standing poles of willow or pop- 

 lar, dead branches of all kinds, broken or cut from the 



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