110 PLEASURES OF ANGLIKG. 



to extemporise a dining hall and kitchen, and to 

 settle down to the solid comfort and enjoyment 

 coveted by those whose simple tastes lead them to 

 these quiet places. 



There are, popularly, erroneous ideas entertained 

 of the comforts or discomforts of camp-life. These 

 ideas have been for the most part derived from the 

 real or imaginary pictures painted by novices in 

 wood-craft. One may be quite as comfortable in 

 a bark or log shanty or under a canvas tent as in 

 a well appointed hostelry. It only requires a 

 knowledge of what is essential to comfort and the 

 experience necessary to apply this knowledge prac- 

 tically. To "rough it" does not necessarily imply 

 wet feet, damp clothing, a hard bed, insufficient 

 covering, a leaky tent, hard tack and stale bacon. 

 These are all available to those who prefer them, 

 and the chances are ten to one that you will have 

 them all until you learn that none of them are 

 either necessary or desirable. If you cannot pro- 

 cure what I have found to be unprocurable (water- 

 proof leather boots), a pair of thick rubber shoes, 

 for wet days and damp places, will keep your feet 

 dry. "With a rubber coat and leggings, except in 

 a drenching tempest, you need wear no damp 

 clothing. A piece of heavy canvas, with open 

 seams through which to pass your extemporised 

 stretchers, will give you a spring bed, which, with 

 aromatic balsam boughs for a mattrass and plenty 



