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All this information suggested the importance of 

 economizing in both weight and bulk, in both per- 

 sonal baggage and supplies. LeBuffe could furnish 

 nothing but his service, that of native carriers, canoes, 

 the log tilt, and all the caribou, ptarmigan and fish 

 our hearts could wish for. 



We were also informed that for a party of three or 

 four men four carriers would be required, one of 

 whom would, in addition to packing a good load in 

 and out, act as cook for the party while in camp. 

 From past experience we had learned that if we were 



THE CREE STOVE, WHICH, AS IMPROVED, MAKES THE BEST CAMP 

 STOVE KNOWN. 



to be assured of any comfort in camp it would be ne- 

 cessary to take a stove with us, as we had played the 

 smoke-hole racket on many occasions and were not 

 particularly partial to it. 



The writer was the possessor of a D. W. Cree camp 

 stove, manufactured in Griggsville, Ills. No better 

 camp stove has been devised; but the one on hand 

 had a cast-iron top, and was both too heavy and too 



