368 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK 



CAMPING ON THE RIVER. 



The next thing in importance to the angler, after sport, is 

 his comfort on the river; he would therefore do well to 

 bestow some thought on the subject before leaving home. 

 His tent, his stores, his clothing, protection against mosquitoes, 

 midges, and black flies, &c., are all matters that require care 

 and foresight. 



Camp Equipage. The Tent — The most convenient size for 

 the accommodation of one person, though it might answer 

 for two, is an eight-foot tent ; that is, eight feet long, eight 

 feet wide, and eight feet high, to the ridge-pole. There 

 should be an opening at each end, to create a draught of air 

 through it ; it should also be provided with a " fly," which, 

 in addition to being a double roof to the tent, can be stretched 

 over inclined poles, and used as a shelter for the canoe-men, 

 when one's stay is of short duration at a station where there 

 is no bark-shed. To shed the rain well, the roof of the tent 

 should have an inclination of not less than forty degrees; 

 and to have room inside and allow a suitable elevation to the 

 mosquito-bar, which is arranged on one side of it, the walls 

 should be three and a half feet high. The best material for 

 a tent of this kind is American cotton drill, weighing eight 

 ounces to a yard, the goods being thirty-three inches wide. 



At most of the fishing-stations on Salmon rivers frequented 

 by anglers, bark sheds have been erected at difierent times, 

 and, as a matter of mutual interest, they are kept in repair 

 by the canoemen. They are more suitable to sit or eat in, 

 more convenient, with an impromptu table before you, to tie 

 flies in, and even more comfortable to sleep in, with the usual 

 log fire in front. 



Many persons prefer a bed of spruce boughs, and, to protect 

 themselves thoroughly from the moisture of the ground, 



