billets. We all hope and believe that the thing cannot 

 last much longer and that within a year we shall be at 

 home again. It will have been a great experience ; I 

 only wish that communication with the States was bet- 

 ter. 



This may be the last letter I can get out for some 

 time. But it leaves me in excellent health and spirits, 

 and only cold weather to fear, and after my winters 

 spent in the woods that does not appeal to me as it 

 might. Somewhere between the states and Archangel 

 I must have some mail, for we have had none since July 

 14. The only thing I would like now is a big fall apple 

 or a basket of grapes to break the monotony of English 

 tea and biscuits. 



Henry. 



CAMP CLOTHING, PACKS ACKS AND 

 OTHER SUNDRIES 



By D. LANGE 



THE list of clothing and the attached price list given 

 in some books on camping are rather formidable 

 and discouraging. The truth is that the cost of cloth- 

 ing necessary for a camping trip in warm weather, that 

 is during summer and early autumn, need not bar either 

 boy or girl, man or woman from enjoying one or sev- 

 eral weeks of out-door life. 



Let us begin with footwear. A heavy lace boot 

 reaching almost up to the knee, costing from $6.00 to 

 $12.00 a pair and weighing from five to eight pounds 

 when wet is taboo. Aside from the necessary expenses 



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