TOO FIFTY YEARS A HUNTER AND TRAPPER. 



"Well, here we are at camp. Fred, you will find the lamp on 

 that shelf close up in the corner. You light it while I start the fire. 

 Now Fred you will find the key to the camp chest behind that ridge 

 post. Open the chest and take the blankets out so that they will be 

 airing. Now in the other part of the chest you will find some 

 tin cups, plates, knives and forks, also some crackers, cheese and 

 ginger snaps. The cheese is done up in waxed paper. You can 

 put those things on the table while I go to the spring and get a pail 

 of water. Now, Fred, you raise that lid and you will find a box 

 sunk down in the ground, where you will find potatoes and bacon. 

 Get some out. You will find the coffee in a sack in the chest and 

 the coffee pot is hanging on that nail. You put the coffee on while 

 I get the potatoes." 



"Oh, we cannot wait for potatoes to cook." 



"Yes, we can, I will pare three or four and slice them up and 

 put them in the spider with 'a little water and some bits of pork 

 and by the time the coffee boils, the potatoes will be ready. Fred, 

 just hand me that lid so I can cover these potatoes over. You will 

 find a can of condensed milk and the sugar in the chest. Please set 

 them on the table while I fix the fire." 



"You have plenty of good dry wood." 



"Yes, I always come over to the camp before the trapping 

 season begins and cut up a good lot of wood. And those old ele- 

 vated stove ovens make the best kind of a stove for a camp. Fred, 

 you pour the coffee while I take the potatoes' up and we will par- 

 take of this frugal meal. In the morning for breakfast we will 

 have bear steak, boiled partridge and buck-wheat cakes." 



"Well Fred, I feel better, how is it with you?" 



"Oh, I feel like a fighting cock now, but I was too hungry 

 for anything. W r ell Fred, the dish water is hot in that pan 

 on the stove, if you will wash the dishes, I will stretch those 

 skins and dress those partridges. Now if you will spread the 

 blankets on the bunk, I will mix the cakes for breakfast, and then 

 we will be ready for bed." 



"How large is this camp?" 



"The logs were cut fourteen and sixteen feet lon^, so that 

 makes it about twelve by fourteen on the inside. The roof is good 



