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long to be packed on the back of a man. Permission 

 was obtained from Mr. Cree, who is a gentleman 

 sportsman, to have made by our local mechanics a 

 stove after his pattern with modifications to suit our 

 wants. The result was just what we wanted, and the 

 stove proved to be a great comfort as a substitute for 

 the smoke-hole in the log tilt on the Big Marsh. It 

 was twenty-six inches long, thirteen inches high and 

 thirteen inches wide, and made of Russian sheet-iron ; 

 top of same material, with two holes covered with 

 sheet-iron lids, in the centre of which was a loose ring. 

 Fire door of the same kind and at the same place as 

 in the Cree stove ; the oven, instead of being perma- 

 nently fixed in position, slid into place on two strong 

 angle-irons, and when not in use could be removed at 

 will, when wood twenty-four inches long could be used. 

 Nine twelve-inch-long joints of galvanized iron tele- 

 scope pipe, with damper, completed the lightest and 

 best stove of the kind ever used, as far as the writer 

 has been able to ascertain. Weight, with the nine 

 feet of pipe, bake-pan, lids, pipe-collar and baker 

 packed inside, but sixteen pounds. In addition to 

 the stove adjustments it contained when packed for 

 the trip the following 



COOKING UTENSILS AND SUNDRIES: 



1 coffee pot, \ dozen tin plates, 1 wire broiler, 2 frying 



