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of the splendor and majesty of nature 
suitable place for camp. The aim each 
night is to find such a place, where, perhaps, 
if it be very attractive, you would linger on 
for some days. The men’s camp is on one 
side of the stream and the women’s on the 
other, or the women’s camp is up-stream 
and the men’s down-stream. Between you 
is always the spot for the big camp-fire. It 
is there the commissary is located. There 

to find a good spot ta camp in 

the Chinamen hold sway, stirring big iron 
cooking-pots over the fire. You can 
imagine that it is a very favorite spot, when 
the yell is given that announces meal-time; 
you fairly run, for first come first served. 
So you line up with tin plate and cup and 
file by the big iron pots, where food and 
drink is ladled out to you. Generally you 
use but two utensils to eat with, the tin cup 
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