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came from that source. We labeled these 

 sacks with black paint, but later distin- 

 guished them usually by their general ap- 

 pearance and the feel of them. 



An empty tick was taken with the 

 blankets. Later, filled with spruce twigs 

 and covered with two ponchos, rubber side 

 down, it made a capital bed. 



YYe carried no canned goods, except con- 

 densed milk, which was more or less of a 



which we poked a stick for handle — a con- 

 venient and satisfactory contrivance ; a wire 

 broiler with legs, which is not necessary to 

 good cooking or general happiness, as two 

 small logs laid side by side, with the fire 

 built between, are steadier and better; a 

 long fork, a cook's spoon, a cake-turner; tin 

 plates and cups and common, bone-handled 

 forks. Our knives were a sheath and a large 

 clasp-knife, good for more uses than any 







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SWEEPERS IN THE WATER THEY ARE HARD ON CANVAS BOATS 



nuisance because a can, once opened, had 

 to be used up right away, else it would 

 surely spill or spoil. Beans we took along 

 aplenty and also brought back with us when 

 we came home. It seemed such a long- 

 drawn-out operation to cook them that we 

 never developed the necessary inclination. 

 One will use a great deal of flour, coffee, tea, 

 rice and bacon — particularly bacon. We 

 took about twice as much as looked reason- 

 able and used it all. Rice is valuable, if you 

 like it at all. It is easily cooked and lends 

 itself to a considerable variety of fare. 

 Raisins and prunes are good. Maple sugar 

 is first-rate for dessert. A chunk of it tops 

 off a meal and supplies the sweets that a 

 man soon craves in the woods. 



Of cooking utensils we used a large, deep, 

 one-piece stew kettle ; two tin buckets — one 

 for coffee, the other for general boiling or 

 stewing; a frying-pan, handle cut off and 

 a short cylinder of sheet -iron riveted on, in 



case-knife and fully taking the place of the 

 latter. A canvas water-bucket proved very 

 useful. 



Our best camera was left at home, which 

 was a mistake. We wished for it a hundred 

 times, and are still wishing. We had only a 

 little 2 by 2 \ affair, which we made good use 

 of, however. 



Our river was reached at the town of 

 Grayling, Mich., three hundred miles north 

 of Detroit. We got into Grayling about 

 four-thirty in the morning and improved the 

 opportunity by borrowing a truck from a 

 sawmill near-by, and wheeling our stuff 

 across, four blocks, to the river bank. Up- 

 town we bought some mosquito dope, a few 

 new trout-flies and some extra provisions. 

 Really, there had been no need to bring any 

 provisions from Ohio, as there are plenty of 

 good stores in Grayling. 



The canvas boat was set up and a short 

 keel wired on the bottom, to hold it steadier 



