HOW TO PACK 15 



Excepting the guns, rifle and rod, which were kept separate, 

 the whole of this kit packed into five loads : 



Food (two loads), 78|lbs. One large brown canvas pad- 



Box specimen case fitted with locked kit-bag, 58 lbs. 



trays, 2 ft. x 1 ft. 3 in. x One smaller ditto, 53 lbs. 



1 ft. 3 in., and which carried 



some of the small bags in 



the top tray, 25 lbs. 



By the method of packing certain articles in 

 small bags and cases, as I have shown above, 

 and attaching outside a label stating contents, 

 one avoids confusion when any particular article 

 is wanted. 



The outfit above-noted was, perhaps, not 

 perfect, but it contained most of the essential 

 things and served me very well throughout my 

 journey. In fact I would to-day make little 

 change were I again setting forth on a like 

 undertaking. 



The question of weight is of course the great 

 consideration that must modify your choice 

 when you have but the limited space of a single 

 canoe to accommodate stores, as well as its two 

 occupants. 



It was an hour after dawn — the breathless air 

 had lost but part of the wistfulness of night, the 

 clouds hung grey and heavy with rain. Spring 

 with a soft persistent hand was at last breaking 

 down the iron grip of winter. 



It was May 12, and, having roped the canoe 

 and kit in a wagon hired from the lumber mill, 

 we were setting off on the long trail and were 

 making our way through spruce forest down the 



