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larva of an insect/' but it is a term widely used and 

 \videly understood to denote food. I have never heard how 

 it came to be called "grub," but believe food was so desig- 

 nated by some wit because we have to "dig" or "work" 

 for what we eat. At any rate, it is a word common to out- 

 doorsmen, and hence here applied in its slang sense, mean- 

 ing food. 



As far as possible avoid canned goods put up in tin. 

 If it is a reliable, commonly used brand it is perhaps safe, 

 but the best canned grub is put up in glass cans or glass jars. 

 Anything put up in glass is said to be safe from contami- 

 nation, which is not true of tin canned goods in every case. 

 Most anything desired can be obtained in glass jars, for 

 instance, choice bacon, dried beef, sliced ham, olives, 

 pickles, preserves of all kinds, milk, etc., etc. If you pitch 

 camp near a farm-house, butter, eggs, milk, etc., can be 

 readilv obtained fresh. 



