FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



The man who quits when he gets enough, with plenty of game still m sight, is a real sportsman. 



HOW TO LIVE IN CAMP. 



Portland, Ore. 

 Editor Recreation: 



Responding to your request in May 

 number of Recreation for hints on camp- 

 ing, I submit the following: 



The tent should be' of good canvas, 

 and may be used with or without poles.. 

 If the camp is to be in a country where 

 roads are found, poles may be carried 

 lashed to the sides of the wagon box. If 

 you have to pack on horses, or on men, 

 poles; would best be dispensed with. In 

 erecting the tent, if with poles, let it be 

 done thus: Spread the tent out on the 

 ground with one flap turned back. Pass 

 the ridge pole to its place within the tent, 

 then the uprights with the iron pins in 

 their tops should be placed, the pins fitted 

 into the holes in the ends of the ridge 

 pole. Raise these uprights into position, 

 fasten the 4 corner ropes to stakes or con- 

 venient trees, and then fasten the remain- 

 ing ropes to stakes (pegs) at leisure. 



If poles are not used, a rope may be 

 passed lengthwise through the top of the 

 tent and stretched between 2 trees. This 

 will serve as a ridge pole. If trees are 

 not handy drive 2 strong stakes into 

 the ground. Drive them deep and brace 

 them well so the rope, when raised to the 

 proper height on props, may be taut. 

 The rest of the pegging can then be done. 



A trench should run all around just 

 outside the walls, and away with the slope 

 of the land, to carry off any water which 

 may chance to fall while the tent remains 

 there. The sod cloth should be weighted 

 down with sods or heavy logs as a precau- 

 tion against wind. 



If the hunter be in a region where pine, 

 balsam, spruce, or hemlock, are abundant, 

 a most luxurious bed is easily provided. 

 Boughs from the neighboring trees should 

 be cut and a deep floor placed where the 

 bed is to lie. Lay the larger branches 

 first, butts to the higher ground. Cover 

 the floor well with these, then lay finer 

 boughs on them, turning butts all in the 

 same direction as the others. Be gener- 

 ous with the quantity. If the nicely level- 

 ed pile be a foot deep it will be the better. 

 You will have a bed beside whose elastic 

 softness and spicy resinous odor the 

 dainty smother of the queen of feather 

 beds were a mockery. 



On tliis mattress spread, first your 

 poncho, if you have one, then the canvas 

 in which your blankets are kepi wrapped. 

 Over all lay your blankets, and when 

 Night draws her sable curtain you can 

 crawl in, bid the world and its cares good 



bye, and sleep as you did to the push of 

 mother's foot as it swayed the cradle in 

 which you lay in innocent babyhood. 



If your camp be in a prairie region 

 grass may take the place of the boughs; 

 if in the sage brush, use that. It may 

 not smell sweet, but you will not notice 

 that fact while you slumber. 



If none of these luxuries are obtainable 

 mother earth will be found a not unendur- 

 able substitute. Don't ever make your 

 bed on sand, however, the seductive river 

 bar, or the sounding beach. Sand yields 

 to your feet and holds; out the promise of 

 an easy bed, but trust it not; it will prove 

 a snare. The flat surface of a rock were 

 preferable. It will seem hard. Gravel 

 will cover you with bruised spots, but 

 sand will make you sore all over. 



For a table, if you need one, and can 

 not satisfy yourself with a convenient log, 

 drive 4 forks into the ground at points 

 indicating the corners of the table. From 

 fork to fork on the long sides lay straight, 

 slender poles. Across these place others, 

 close together, over these spread leaves, 

 and over all dirt or sod to support an oil 

 cloth. Or the tail gate of the wagon may 

 be placed upon the first rails. 



It is amazing how few things are really 

 indispensable in the way of cooking. Two 

 are absolutely essential. Beyond these 

 everything descends along the scale of 

 convenience. Fire and food can not be 

 omitted. Everything else is an out- 

 growth of wealth and luxurious tastes. 

 Our habits and our needs grow from our 

 environment. For the camp the com- 

 monest convenience in the way of the 

 fireplace consists of 2 forked a:reen sticks 

 driven into the> ground far enough apart 

 to build a good fire between, and high 

 enough to allow the suspension of a ket- 

 tle from a green pole resting in the 

 crotches above the fire. From this all 

 boiling and stewing can be done, while 

 broiling may be done on the red coals 

 and roasting from a stick which holds the 

 fowl or meat in the face of the fire, chang- 

 ing sides from time to time as required. 



Sometimes when the "wimmin folks" 

 do the culinary act a sort of furnace may 

 be constructed of stones and mud, which 

 will allow the pots and kettles to rest 

 above the blaze and carry the smoke off 

 through a rude chimney. 



Probably the best camp fire, especially 

 for the frosty autumn or sharp winter, is 

 made as follows: 



Drive 2 stakes firmly into the ground 

 in front of the tent door, parallel with the 



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