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youth has not been so entirely devoted to dress as to pre- 

 vent her knowing something of her household duties, and 

 will carry with you a few simple recipes, you will not 

 regret it. 



g As no one can be certain of perfect health or freedom 

 from accident, it is well to be provided with plenty of 

 sticking and court plaster, cholera medicine and Rochelle 

 salts ; but generally the fine exercise and open air are a 

 brave preventive against sickness. Do not forget brown 

 soap to wash the dishes, candles for light in the evening, 

 and cream of tartar and soda to make the flour rise. 



The most necessary tools are an axe, a hatchet, one of 

 Aiken's patent diminutive awl tool-chests, with which to 

 mend broken rods, needles and thread to mend torn 

 clothes, some rosin to mend the canoes, and a supply of 

 various sizes of nails for numerous purposes, while a file 

 and sharpening stone will be found useful additions. An ' 

 india-rubber water-proof bag is admirable as a receptacle 

 for clothes or blankets, which should be heavy, and a 

 tin wash-basin and an air-pillow will be great additional 

 comforts. Fresh eggs may be conveniently stowed in 

 the barrels of coarse salt used for curing fish. 



Of the foregoing there are none you can comfortably 

 omit, and besides them there are plenty you would do 

 well to have ; but the judgment and taste of each indi- 

 vidual will suggest the additions. 



As one of the first objects will be to preserve the fish 

 you catch, a preparation of eight ounces of sugar, two 

 ounces of salt, half an ounce of brown pepper, well 

 rubbed into fish from which the back bone has been re- 

 moved, and which are allowed to dry in the sun, will 



