spread over it. Over the rubber blanket is spread a 

 woolen or cotton blanket or a quilt, and the camper 

 covers himself with as many blankets or quilts as the 

 weather requires. Any kind of quilts and blankets 

 that can be spared from the home are good to take 

 camping. A rubber blanket is very desirable for keep- 

 ing out the dampness of the ground. In the north 

 woods the nights are often very cool and one person 

 alone in a tent often needs for cover the equivalent of 

 three ordinary quilts. To spend a cold night shivering 

 and squirming under insufficient cover is not one of the 

 joys of camp life. 



The novice at camping likes to tell his friends that 

 he is going to rough it. He seldom roughs it more 

 than three days. The experienced woodsman makes 

 himself as comfortable as he can, because he knows that 

 he will get enough of " roughing if through the many 

 unavoidable incidents of camp life. The novice who 

 is afraid of appearing effeminate tries to improvise a 

 pillow by using a pack sack filled with clothes, shoes 

 and other articles ill suited for the purpose. The 

 woodsman tucks into his packsack a small pillow, 

 which weighs only a few ounces, is clean and adds 

 greatly to the comfort and rest of a tired man or wo- 

 man. No very severe restriction is necessary in ar- 

 ticles of comfort or luxury, which weigh little and are 

 not bulky. A man may laugh at taking a pillow into 

 the woods, but after he has once taken one. he will 

 never go without it. 



Cleanliness adds to the enjoyment of camping and is 

 as desirable in the woods as at home. One can readily 



29 



