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plenty of pork, place the ship biscuit in a barrel so 

 that it will not get wet, and do not count much on 

 baking bread, which is not an easy task in the woods, 

 and rarely yields a result commensurate with the 

 trouble involved. Butter and eggs will keep pretty 

 well, even in hot weather, if care is taken to place 

 them in the shade and to bury the crock of but- 

 ter in water, whenever practicable; salt fish keeps 

 well, but is hardly needed in the woods where it is 

 supposed that the fresh article is to be found. Of all 

 the canned goods, the most satisfactory are corned 

 beef and the soups, which all taste alike, so that 

 one kind is a good as any number ; tomatoes, peas, 

 corn, and peaches. Canners who can always be relied 

 upon, are Eichardson & Bobbins, and Gordon & 

 Dillworth. There may be others just as trustworthy, 

 but these will never deceive you and leave you to 

 starve on rotten stuff when you supposed you had 

 abundance of good food, as it is said was done with 

 more than one of the North pole expeditions. The 

 dry- soups called the " Brunswick Soups," have a 

 nice flavor but little substance, they will do if 

 mixed with something more solid. Currant jelly 

 put up in pails comes in the best way for use in 

 boating, and then the empty pails can be utilized 

 for many purposes, notable for salting down fish. 

 Beans represent nutriment in the most condensed 

 form and are safe from injury by the elements, they 

 are also put up as " Boston baked beans " in cans, 

 and in this condition they can be eaten without 

 cooking — an important advantage when the rain is 



