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wise water-proofed. If lead paints are used, the article in- 

 closed should be put in a paper bag first ; white lead is, as 

 all should know, very poisonous. Boiled linseed oil is apt to 

 rot the material of linen or cotton bags. 



As to cooking, I would advise all those who are at all fas- 

 tidious as to their food to carry some vinegar and curry-pow- 

 der, &c. I can assure you curry-powder improves a schyte- 

 poke wonderfully. Without further reference to this subject, 

 I must say that onions come very good at times. Potatoes 

 ilso are good, either baked or boiled ; tl*ey are also healthy, 

 portable, and convenient. 



I can tell vou of one of the nicest things known, namely, 

 pork fritters ; melt some lard in a saucepan or spider, 

 make a stiff" batter, but not too stiff" either, of wheat or rye 

 (boiled Indian meal might do) ; cut slices of pork, dip in the 

 batter, and when the melted fat in the pan is quite hot, drop 

 in your frittei-s. Cook till light brown. They are delicious. 

 Try them any day ; it is not at all necessary to have an appe- 

 tite.* If some other drink besides water, tea, or coff"ee is con- 

 sidered absolutely necessary, carry lemons or oranges. With 

 these, and plenty of sugar, joined with the cold clear water of 

 some mountain spring, he who is not satisfied deserves never 

 to be. Sugar and lemon-juice will make even warm swamp- 

 water palatable to a thirsty man. 



You give directions for the preservation of an overplus of 

 venison, &c. This reminds me to ask how would you preserve 

 a moose from wolves and other depredators in case you should 

 be obliged to leave the carcass, to find help to remove it ? I 

 have heard it said, that the half-blown bladder of the animal 

 suspended from the branch of a tree or bush over the carcass 

 would answer ; others say that a rope or even a cord loosely 

 hung on the surrounding twigs would be sufficient, the wolf 

 supposing it a trap.f 



* We think a substitute for pork should be invented or adopted. It is about as 

 bad for corrupting the blood as the alcoholic stimulants which the above writer con- 

 demns. Butter is good, but for all fr^'ing operations is less economical, and less sat- 

 isfactory than olice oil. Pure, sweet olive oil, put up in air-tight or closely corked 

 cans or flasks, would be portable and an excellent portion of the trapper's outfit. 

 — Editok^. 



t Wolves will not meddle with a dead deer if it is laid by a log and a fe\i' 



