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Another style is described in a recent letter from 

 Hamlin Garland: 



"Apropos of improved camp lights, I had a new one 'sprung 

 on me,' this summer: A forest ranger and I were visiting a 

 miner, about a mile from our camp. It came on dark, pitch 

 dark, and when we started home, we could not follow the trail. 





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It was windy as well as dark, and matches did very little good. 

 So back we went to the cabin. The ranger then picked up an 

 old tomato can, punched a hole in the side, thrust a candle up 

 through the hole, lighted it, and took the can by the disk which 

 had been cut from the top. The whole thing was now a boxed 

 light, shining ahead like a searchlight, and the wind did not 

 affect it at all! I've been camping, as you know, for thirty 

 years, but this little trick was new to me. Perhaps it is new to 

 you." H. G. 



Still another style, giving a better light, is made by 



