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spread over the boughs an India-rubber blanket or a buffalo- 

 robe. If one wishes to sleep above the ground, a stretcher 

 can be used. This is simply a piece of heavy linen canvas, 

 six feet long by two and a half or three feet wide, with a hem 

 of six inches on each side. A pole of suitable size and 

 length is thrust through each hem, and the ends of the poles 

 are supported by forked stakes, a foot or so above the ground, 

 or by stout logs, one at the foot and the other at the head, 

 with notches cut in them. When the camp is moved, the 

 poles are drawn out of the hems, and the stretcher packed 

 with the tent. To support the mosquito-bar, stakes three or 

 four feet long are driven into the ground at each of the four 

 corners of the stretcher ; and the bar is suspended by means 

 of rings which slide along a stout cord extending from stake 

 to stake on each side. The bar can be pushed to the head or 

 foot of the bed by this means, when convenience requires it. 



As the nights are generally cold, even in summer, in the 

 regions of Salmon, two thick blankets — one to sleep on, and 

 another to cover one's self with — will be required. One will 

 answer if you have a buffalo robe. 



Protection against Mosquitoes, Black-Flies, and Midges. — The 

 angler frequently finds these pests of the wilderness so annoy- 

 ing in daytime as to detract seriously from the pleasure of 

 his sport. At night they are intolerable without a " smudge," 

 so long as he sits up, and a good mosquito-bar after he has 

 gone to bed. In daytime, the best protection is a veil for 

 the face, and gauntlets for the hands. 



The best material for a veil is a thin cheap stiffened cotton 

 fabric called "tarleton;" it is much lighter than barege, more 

 open than silk tissue, and cooler than either, as it admits the 

 air freely. It is also more suitable for a mosquito-bar than 

 the article in general use, as the spaces between the threads 

 of this fabric are small enough to exclude even black-flies. 

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