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follow up a current of warm air by day or 

 night. Very rarely are the beds in a shanty 

 allowed to remain over a couple of nights 

 without being moved out, for snakes and 

 lizards must be kept from trying to share 

 the apartment. By some means or other, all 

 our friends escaped mishaps, although some 

 have had very " narrow squeaks," as they put 

 it, from crawlers. 



Eggs and bacon form the staple dish of 

 wood-cookery, for they take small time to get 

 ready. It is wonderful at times, under certain 

 atmospheric conditions, how far the scent of 

 this dish will travel. Attempts have been 

 made to find out if wild things are affected by 

 this. As far as I have been able to judge, 

 wild ducks do not like it at all ; they are up 

 and off at once. On the other hand, a few 

 small deer are certainly attracted by it. 



One of the most startling experiences when 

 sleeping out is to hear the cry of a fox almost 

 close to your ear. Reynard at times, in the 

 dead of night, will pay a visit. He may 

 have visions of a hen-roost, but when he 

 slips by or round our shanty, as the case 

 may be, his sensitive nose tells him at once 

 that his arch-enemy man is there, within a 



