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A more complete camp grate is made of four green logs 

 (aspen preferred) , placed as in the illustration. Set the top 

 logs 3 inches apart at 

 one end, 10 inches at 

 the other. The top logs 

 should be flattened in 

 the middle of their top 

 sides — to hold the pot 

 which sits on the open- 

 ing between the top logs. 

 The fire of course is 



Green log grate 



built on the ground, under the logs. Sometimes stones 

 of right size and shape are used instead of the logs, but 

 the stones do not contribute anything to the heat and are 

 less manageable. 



Camp kitchen 



In addition to this log grate, more elaborate camps have 

 a kitchen equipped with a hanger as below, on which are 

 pot hooks of green wood. 



In wet weather, an axeman can always get dry wood by 



