HINTS TO SPORTSMEN. 64 1 



food adds much to the charm of camp life ; and the fourth should 

 be apt at building a shelter and pitching a tent, and a good boat-i 

 man withal. Thus organized, a party is ready to start for the 

 woods. 



We cannot too earnestly urge the advantage of taking the vari- 

 ous kinds of condensed food which ingenuity has devised, for they 

 not only greatly reduce a load, but add much to the ease and com- 

 fort of all, and materially lighten the labors of the cook. Borden's 

 condensed milk, coffee and beef are a great acquisition. A single 

 can of coffee will serve a man for thirty days, and really needs 

 neither milk nor sugar. Put a part of a teaspoonful in hot water, 

 stir it, and your beverage is ready for use. The beef will make a 

 variety of soups, if used according to directions, and the milk is 

 useful in compounding various dishes. The self-leavening flour 

 prepared by Jewell Brothers is another indispensable. It has only 

 to be mixed with cold water or milk, requires no salt, and with 

 slight change in preparation will produce bread, biscuit, cakes, etc., 

 in a very few minutes. The bones and small pieces of meat left 

 after cutting up venison, when boiled to a jelly in the camp kettle, 

 strained, and put away cold, form the ingredients of a very nourish- 

 ing soup which can be prepared in a few minutes at any time by 

 adding a sufficient quantity of hot water. With a little potato 

 and onion chopped fine, red pepper, . salt, and flour, or dried 

 tomatoes, it can be made really delicious. 



To carry the camp stuff most easily, back-loads should be so 

 made up that the softest parts should rest upon the shoulders and 

 neck, and when adjusted and supported by a strap that passes across 

 the forehead, boxes and cumbrous articles may be packed on top ; 

 by this method fifty pounds may be carried with comparative ease. 

 Fishing rods, paddles, axes, etc., should be tied together in 

 bundles in two places at least, and when shouldered, boots, ket- 

 tles, and the like, may be slung over their upper ends. Where a 

 canoe or boat is to be carried, lash the paddles lengthwise one foo*. 

 apart across the bars or thwarts amidships, turn the canoe upside 

 down, rest one end upon a convenient projecting branch of a tree 

 at such a height that you can easily pass under, and then thrusting 

 in your head so that the paddles will rest upon the shoulders, raise 

 and balance it, and proceed on the journey. If the canoe is too 



