22 FISH : THEIR HABITS AND HAUNTS. 



at hand, you wonder what the folks at home 

 would think. 



After a rest you start on again with re- 

 newed interest, the guide meanwhile, if talk- 

 ative, telling about his experiences in the 

 woods. And toward evening, when a good 

 spot offers, he suggests that you had better 

 encamp. Now there is still more novelty. 

 After getting the things out of the birch 

 and lifting it carefully from the water, the 

 guide starts back with his axe and soon 

 returns with long sticks to build the camp. 



You look on eager to help, but ignorant 

 what to do. He selects a good, smooth- spot, 

 sets up two saplings with crotched ends, 

 about eight feet apart, and lays another 

 across about six feet from the ground. 

 Then several are laid with one end on the 

 cross-piece, the other on the ground, making 

 a skeleton shed. He now peels some birch 

 bark in large pieces, and proceeds to shingle 

 the top by lapping the pieces over each 



