168 FAMILIAR PISH, THEIR HABITS AND CAPTURE 



how to do it successfully and comfortably is of the 

 greatest importance. What kind of a camp to erect 

 is first to be considered. During the warm summer 

 months, the natural inclination is to erect an open 

 camp of poles and bark. So far as the heat is con- 

 cerned, this is certainly a most comfortable arrange- 

 ment, but nothing can be more uncomfortable when 

 such a camp is pitched in a section where mosquitoes, 

 black flies, and punkies make their presence known. 

 Possibly these pests may be warded off in an open 

 camp by the use of mosquito netting, but it is doubt- 

 ful. Experience recommends the use of a tent. 

 True, it adds somewhat to the amount of baggage to 

 be carried, but absolute comfort must first be con- 

 sidered. In the fall, when the winged pests have 

 gone, an open camp can be used, but a tent will then 

 be found warmer, as the autumn nights are very cold 

 in the woods. Another advantage of using a tent is 

 the facility with which it can be taken down and 

 erected, as it may be necessary to move the camp. 



How to build an open -front camp will be easily 

 learned from the illustration. The better plan is to 

 erect two or three courses of logs, laying light spruce 

 poles closely together across the course next to the 

 top, so that the poles will bo held in place by the last 

 course. This makes a spring bed, and, when covered 

 with boughs, a very comfortable one. Poles for up- 



