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The Watcher's Protection from Insects. 



There is one great drawback, however, to this method. In 

 summer our woods are infested with mosquitoes, as w^ell as with 

 gnats and flies. A pair of light leather gloves, a net or veil of 

 a mesh smaller than ordinary mosquito netting, to wear over 

 the hat and head, and a light blanket or wrap that can be 

 carried in a shawl strap, will enable one to keep quiet and yet 

 defy the troublesome insects. A light camp stool also is 

 useful. 



A screech owl visits the screen tent. 



One who desires to camp in the summer woods will need a 

 different outfit. For more than twenty years I have used a; 

 small ^'A" tent, made of olive-brown duck, with a flap to tuck 

 under the blankets. It is seven feet long, four feet wide and 

 three feet high. A small line is sewed along the top, which may 

 be tied at each end to a tree or a stake to support the tent. 

 Eight loops of heavy twine are staked down with forked sticks to 

 hold out the sides. The ends are made of coarse cheesecloth, or 

 fine netting, and the lower edges are provided with flaps to tuck 

 under the blankets. A rubber blanket and a single light woolen 

 one, with a cotton bag to be filled nightly with moss or grass 

 for a pillow, complete the outfit, which may be rolled up and 

 carried by a strap handle or "packed" above a knapsack. The 



