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and not too much wedded to what you consider 

 are your comforts (frequently purely imaginary) 

 you will find that the camping adds immeasurably 

 to the pleasures of fishing. Remember, however, 

 that Newfoundland methods of camping are very 

 primitive ; carrying heavy outfits is not only 

 undesirable but often impossible. So give up 

 portable beds, tables, chairs, heavy kit-bags and 

 similar impediments, and follow the custom of the 

 country by going light, really light, weighing the 

 ounces as well as the pounds. The outfit for New- 

 foundland is much the same as would be required 

 for Maine, except that more blankets and heavier 

 clothing are frequently necessary. Owing to the 

 prevalence of rain and fog, everything should be 

 carried in strong waterproof canvas bags, and it is 

 well to be provided with a light canvas square, 

 large enough to place over your dinner-table and 

 protect you during meals. Eating in your sleeping 

 tent is not altogether satisfactory unless perhaps 

 your tent is of unusual and therefore inconvenient 

 size. The open air dining-room is far more 

 desirable. In some parts of the country tents are 

 not altogether essential as there is plenty of bark 

 with which a lean-to can be quickly made ; it is 

 safer, however, to have a tent. If you have long 

 portages to make, then, and only then, is it advis- 

 able to trust altogether to the spruce or birch bark. 

 The question of waders is important. That is to 

 say, if you use them they must be strong enough 

 to stand the hardest possible wear. In some of the 

 rivers the rocks are all placed on edge, and the 

 stoutest hobnailed boots will last but a short time. 



