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".:' . orr. 'iipiutos 

 i , -r:ip ^'Tifl, 



op .1 tho fir . I favor .cra-iln;" it a- my. Jrtail 

 a. tr ??!<.': : ire and -atah to ^ t.N-> bao 1 : fir- 

 ot Jur lin>. ;ln.r ?fw-t. ervlce torch 

 r uso in bc.ei: firing, io ir. rr' Judgnsnt & -'orth- 



rty, t-.Jirefop. i .-nui furnish in r. 

 ^1 ar.ci iota rf na+ c >,o t^o "cn t'.ctailect to b; 

 In making fir? linr>:i avoicl an nuch as ~>oosiblo leaving 

 . ioa inci<> "our fire line, for rrfi.or. f-oy one? et on 

 "i and the '^ind come.T uii, i*ire*' : i]l te ".cattor*/. all ovsr 

 ho coui.try. Cax^o '.hnula a.l"-o he ta'ian tt gacririco the 

 .jt at.- -f "^ur.^ ^ro./tli. houlv v O u r*oc utrlfeo brunh, 

 a*: Ui^ad, ^ickir.". rut th? "oat oner, places to 



. nftor the Tiro IT l^oaO.o-.'. on th leo^ar<? ai: , 

 Lt "our ornvr, >t..ilinf; --ovir bont -"rji to ta'- c'-'ar^o cf 

 , and rort-.in or. tho ot'.iar "ouroplf an'', brfin il:'.i: 

 JP fj.ro u-j. Gernrclly "on can va'-c "ovir lino-? falrl" 

 loao 01. the nir'.ou, and aftor you gzt aroun* on tJ*3 --intf'Tar. 1 



ou can ofton ;-ut out tho fire br nal-inr. but o"r.ll 

 ia or ucinK dirt. If t>>o firo ". r.nr.ll an-*. * r ou ha.vo onl" 



: , . .. -.-! to pr to canp, cock up -jo^e grub, 

 i] ODO .7ato t 'ba^T, caddlo u^ tho hornoa and bring it arour/.'. 



.^ to the men, 'MBopinn ?-t a firo io out Cf the qv 

 .;, for r.lght i-; the best tine to firht ?iro and r/e do:.'- 



tine ir. tho day tii^o for -jloep. Ko --vor f if a "ire 

 -jtr^.ot be aubduod in one day ancl one nirht, vou runt get nor^ 

 . tho* ground -:o t!ie.t ono crew oan rest "hilo tbo o^ 

 . 



I thin 1 : thc.t. tha boot netha.l of han'.ling bru^sh 

 ires or. a flat country i3 in a li!-c nannor to f'e 0^0:1 tir 1 p 

 firo, or 4 ly it iu necc .icjv to hr.vn nO;*c a-cenon aiT". le-.n Thovel 

 ion. r good 'ie lino .houli be cut, -"or cencrrvllv tl'r blazo 



2 a brush fire, for- ' a little find, ^11 

 cvoral loot. L.S.C.': Tiring is .rood, to burn up th? Aobris on 

 the ground, l-ut as it i ira^O'.oiblo to sot the nreen brush 



bolieve it ^ayn to cut a good wj V- t - ire line an 1 not. 

 30 much bac'tfiring, for the nail rr -ill it 



if the wintl io blo-^i; . 



In fitfitintf firpr, o:' o.ny 'cind on otcop couritr-, 

 th&^' are v -ir.il an" tac'-.let' ', it, 



has been -_->rov:;n t--at - o^t --ptho* :' . tr "oiir lino 



tad: f-.-or nc-tui'al ^lacr>. ' -n^rally t'^e fire cai:':: 



-..rau^it, ii* not driv nd, "ill ov/oep up 



^oat npeed, but u^on reftchir. to? c- ri '.ge 



lo-i cTo-./n; therefore, t--^ !; ->lace to 

 -e oner, t.ir^sr , .-e 



' - rot, in ' ut 



i top an'. bac':fir. I -r a 1: 



1'ge "roTi fir-? to - 



