travel in the wilderness. The cook should be able 

 to start a fire, boil tea, make or heat bread, and fry 

 meat, while the rest of the party are bringing in the 

 horses and breaking camp. After breakfast, he must 

 wash the dishes, pack up the kitchen box, and pre- 

 pare the cold lunch, while the others are packing 

 the horses. The last horse packed, and the first 

 horse unpacked, is always the animal that carries the 

 kitchen outfit. The cook should keep an eye on 

 the food supply, and decide on the amount of food 

 to be eaten. 



A little economy will often make food last a 

 long time, where with careless management the party 

 would have to go without. If game is plentiful, the 

 cook should stop using bacon, so that when the fresh 

 meat gives out, the supply of bacon will be undimin- 

 ished. For the reason that wild meat cooked with 

 bacon is very palatable, a thoughtless man will often 

 cook both together, thereby burning his candle at 

 both ends. 



Baking-powder bread, when eaten for a long 

 time, is not wholesome. As it does not rise as 

 easily in the open air as in a warm kitchen, some 

 cooks attempt to make it light by putting in a great 

 quantity of baking-powder. This is, of course, waste- 

 ful, and makes an indigestible mess. In fact, it is 

 only by constant watchfulness and economy, that 

 the wilderness food supply is made to last. 



As to the actual cooking of food, any one can 

 learn, who has patience. The simplest methods are 



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