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sity, though I have never endured one for over 

 five minutes. 



This naturally brings us to the question of fly- 

 dope, though perhaps it has no connection with 

 the subject of this chapter. I have tried out 

 many of the dopes on the market and I am 

 ready to say all are good though there are days 

 when the most evil smelling concoction the drug- 

 gist is able to mix is but a slight deterrent. 

 More than once, when without "ointment," I 

 have resorted to bacon fat, smearing face and 

 neck with the odious stuff until I looked and 

 smelled like the "greasy Eskimo." Bacon 

 grease is good while it lasts, which is true also 

 of the many preparations upon the market. The 

 trout fisherman is bound to sweat copiously and 

 any ointment will be washed from the face in 

 short order, so the stuff must be renewed again 

 and again. Simple oil of tar is good but your 

 face will be apt to assume and retain for some 

 time a darker tint than the noble Red Man. It 

 is a good plan to anoint the face with glycerine, 

 well rubbed in, before applying any of the dopes. 

 It is not the part of wisdom to apply any old 

 thing to your face that Tom, Dick, or Harry 

 recommends. Some years ago I got a druggist 

 in a small town to mix me up some dope which 



