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RECREATION 



THE LAKE CAMP. 



with the bedding into a large 

 valise, whose handle will be 

 top and bottom bed rails. The 

 bed sections when set up can 

 be fastened together, staple or 

 cleat, and the near ends 

 should be elastic steel. The 

 whole bed apparatus can then 

 be checked as baggage. If 

 you are skillful you can put 

 your whole outfit into baggage 

 form and limit, namely, bed, 

 provision chest, tent, grip, and 

 save all the bother and ex- 

 pense of freight or express, A 

 party of campers might, with 

 these outfits, make a very en- 



By M. J. Binnia.t 



joyable and cheap tour of 

 North America. 



Canoeists and bicycle camp- 

 ers who carry their own tents 

 must necessarily use small 

 ones or only tent flies, but big 

 or little the inside arrange- 

 ment of furniture and toilet 

 articles should be convenient 

 and not spilled helter-skelter 

 on the floor. 



If you have no tent, a bark 

 brush or slab leanto built on 

 the plan of the Adirondack 

 open camp, or a bark wigwam 

 or brush shelter will make a 

 mors or less good substitute 



THE ADIRONDACK OPEN-FACED CAMP. 



By H. D. Cochrane. 







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A BARK WJGWAM, 



By F. A. Bitrr, 



for a tent and be primitive 

 enough for the most enthusias- 

 tic disciple of the simple life. 



But so long as there is 

 shade and no rain the open 

 air is one of the best bed 

 rooms in the world, in fact it 

 is the best, and it takes in all 

 the world. 



When storm with rain, sleet 

 or snow prevails no place is 

 really comfortable but a house 

 and permanent camps are sub- 

 stantial houses of rustic ap- 

 pearance, usually made of 

 logs. 



These structures formerly 

 varied from an ordinary log 



