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of the wall are rings to peg it down, and the width is 

 the same as the depth. This tent sets up eight feet high, 

 and is quickly pitched if the poles are retained, which 

 can be readily done, as they are convenient in the bottom 

 of the canoe to keep other baggage from the wet. The 

 size may be diminished to eight feet square, but will be 

 found rather cramped, especially in wet weather, when the 

 fisherman is more or less compelled to stay indoors, and 

 will not permit of what is often desirable, accommodat- 

 ing a visitor. 



For the men, a simple strip of canvas eight feet square, 

 with sloping sides, is all that is required. In fact, in cold 

 weather an open tent with a fire in front is preferable to 

 all others, and can be kept as warm as an oven. A Sib- 

 ley tent has many advantages, but must be large, and is 

 troublesome to transport. In cold weather, logs should 

 be cut down and laid up with mud like a hut, or boards 

 driven into the ground close together to form the foun- 

 dation, and the tent set over them. It will be warmer 

 and more roomy. 



Where there is naught to be shot, and as little to be 

 caught, no man has any business in the woods ; but as 

 bad marksmanship or scarcity of game may cause the 

 first, or a rise of water the second, it is well to know 

 that a pound, of biscuit and a pound of pork per day is 

 all that a man requires for his support. A fair allowance, 

 however would be, considering it merely as an addition 

 to the proceeds of the gun and rod, a pound of biscuit 

 or bread, and half a pound of pork. "Where flour is 

 taken the amount of bread may be reduced ; but as the 

 staff of life occasionally becomes wet and moldy, it is 



