8 CAMP FIRES IN THE YUKON 



are all used somewhat, but for lightness, durability, 

 and warmth, to say nothing of cleanliness, the best 

 robe is that made of eiderdown. Of these there are 

 a number that are good and there is one that is par- 

 ticularly satisfactory. It is a robe ninety inches 

 square, the side next to the body being composed of 

 very thick, soft kersey wool, the outside being of a 

 closely woven waterproof canvas, and between 

 these is one and one-half inches of eiderdown filling, 

 blown into cambric partitions under heavy air pres- 

 sure, and making a very soft bed and one which is 

 warm in the most severe weather even in the open. 

 This robe can be used as a blanket in which one rolls 

 oneself, or by having rings and clasps placed on the 

 edges and bottom it can be used as a sleeping bag 

 of sufficient dimensions so that one can roll about 

 in it with entire comfort. It weighs about twelve 

 pounds and packs down to a small roll. A good 

 skinning knife, carborundum stone, hypodermic sy- 

 ringe, thermometer, aneroid barometer, steel meas- 

 uring tape, medicines, bandages, and a few toilet 

 articles, with ammunition for gun and films for 

 camera, complete one's personal equipment and is 

 really about all the traffic will bear. 



Naturally in the Yukon one's shelter is a tent, 

 and in view of the fact that tentmakers have flour- 

 ished since the days of Omar, the tent item would 

 appear easy of solution. The writer used a wall 

 tent made of a silk material, green in color, by rea- 



