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For two people the weight for each individual is 

 of course less : one tent, one axe, and one set of 

 cooking utensils being enough. The quantity of 

 food is rather less, as there is less waste. With such 

 an outfit one can live in comfort for a week if no 

 fish are caught, while the addition of fish will make 

 supplies last for another ten days. A trip to the 

 nearest village can be made at any time to replenish 

 the supplies. To those whose tastes run in the direc- 

 tion of nature studies, a camera is almost a necessity. 

 A 4 by 5 size is large enough, and it should be of the 

 long focus type. Roll films may be used, but either 

 cut films or glass plates will be more satisfactory, 

 and will be worth the trouble of carrying. 



WINTER CAMPING IN FLORIDA. 



IN the winter months, when the cold winds howl 

 through the streets of the northern towns, when 

 the streets are ankle-deep in slush, and when all the 

 country about us is clothed in white, and the leafless 

 trees are pencilled strongly against the darkened sky, 

 then our houses are heated almost to fever point by 

 steam or hot air, and we long for the genial warmth 

 of the south. Its bright days and its lazy climate 

 act as a lodestone, and we leave the cold bleak north 

 and, if we are wise, we go camping in that winter 

 paradise, Florida. Nowhere can we find more 

 pleasure than in this land of palmetto and sand, and 

 nowhere are fewer difficulties to be met with. People 

 talk of snakes and mosquitoes and shudder at the 

 very idea of sleeping on the ground in such a pest- 

 ridden country. How little do they know of the 

 real conditions ! Snakes there are, 'tis true, but 



