﻿July, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  253 
  

  

  

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  Waiting 
  for 
  a 
  Bite 
  

  

  Exploring 
  the 
  River 
  In 
  the 
  Indian 
  Canoe 
  

  

  in 
  this 
  it 
  was 
  possible 
  to 
  

   steam 
  the 
  potatoes 
  in 
  their 
  

   jackets 
  while 
  the 
  meat 
  was 
  

   boiling 
  in 
  the 
  pot 
  beneath. 
  

   These, 
  with 
  the 
  kettles 
  and 
  

   coffee 
  pot, 
  completed 
  the 
  

   supply 
  of 
  utensils, 
  which 
  

   filled 
  every 
  emergency 
  with- 
  

   out 
  being 
  expensive 
  or 
  

   bulky 
  for 
  transportation. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  rent 
  of 
  the 
  

   camp 
  site 
  and 
  the 
  furnish- 
  

   ings 
  have 
  been 
  decided 
  

   upon, 
  the 
  food 
  supply 
  is 
  the 
  

   only 
  extra 
  expense. 
  By 
  the 
  

   way, 
  the 
  camp 
  site 
  can 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  be 
  secured 
  rent 
  free 
  

   if 
  some 
  responsible 
  person 
  

   — 
  preferably 
  the 
  father 
  of 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  boys 
  — 
  holds 
  himself 
  liable 
  for 
  any 
  damage 
  that 
  

   may 
  be 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  boys. 
  The 
  profit 
  to 
  be 
  derived 
  by 
  the 
  

   farmer 
  or 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  woodland 
  in 
  furnishing 
  supplies 
  

   of 
  vegetables, 
  eggs, 
  but- 
  

   ter, 
  milk, 
  etc., 
  is 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  considered 
  suf- 
  

   ficient 
  recompense 
  for 
  

   camp 
  site 
  rental, 
  and 
  it 
  

   should 
  be 
  clearly 
  desig- 
  

   nated 
  at 
  the 
  start 
  as 
  to 
  

   what 
  underbrush 
  or 
  what 
  

   certain 
  tree 
  or 
  trees 
  may 
  

   be 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  boys 
  for 
  

   firewood. 
  

  

  It 
  should 
  be 
  remem- 
  

   bered 
  that 
  a 
  good 
  ax 
  is 
  an 
  

   indispensable 
  implement 
  

   in 
  a 
  camp, 
  not 
  only 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  first 
  few 
  days, 
  

   when 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  hundred 
  

   uses 
  for 
  it, 
  in 
  erecting 
  

   ridge-poles, 
  driving 
  tent- 
  

   pegs, 
  etc., 
  but 
  in 
  chop- 
  

   ping 
  the 
  daily 
  firewood, 
  

   and 
  in 
  supplying 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  camp 
  comforts. 
  

  

  After 
  a 
  few 
  sugges- 
  

  

  tions 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   practical 
  mothers, 
  the 
  

   boys 
  soon 
  mastered 
  the 
  

   art 
  of 
  rapid 
  camp 
  fire 
  

   cooking. 
  They 
  learned 
  

   that, 
  although 
  the 
  rabbits 
  

   secured 
  on 
  gunning 
  expe- 
  

   ditions 
  and 
  the 
  one 
  

   chicken 
  dinner 
  each 
  week 
  

   — 
  supplied 
  by 
  a 
  near-by 
  

   farmer 
  — 
  made 
  tempting 
  

   feasts, 
  they 
  were 
  trouble- 
  

   some 
  to 
  prepare, 
  because 
  

   of 
  the 
  long 
  cooking 
  re- 
  

   quired 
  and 
  the 
  difficulty 
  

   in 
  "tending 
  camp 
  fire" 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  stewing 
  

   process. 
  They 
  learned 
  

   that 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  ap- 
  

   petizing 
  dishes 
  could 
  be 
  

   prepared 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  

   hot 
  glow 
  of 
  the 
  camp 
  

   fire; 
  and 
  on 
  coming 
  home 
  

   from 
  a 
  long 
  tramp 
  in 
  the 
  

   woods 
  or 
  a 
  gunning 
  or 
  fish- 
  

   ing 
  expedition, 
  the 
  food 
  was 
  

   preferred 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  moments 
  to 
  

   satisfy 
  ravenous 
  appetites. 
  

   With 
  ham, 
  bacon 
  and 
  eggs, 
  

   and 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  white 
  po- 
  

   tatoes 
  and 
  tomatoes 
  always 
  

   on 
  hand, 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  quick 
  

   preparation 
  was 
  soon 
  mas- 
  

   tered. 
  When 
  fresh 
  fish 
  

   were 
  brought 
  home 
  from 
  

   the 
  morning's 
  outing, 
  the 
  

   big 
  frying 
  pan 
  was 
  placed 
  

   on 
  the 
  rack 
  over 
  the 
  camp 
  

   fire 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  wood 
  was 
  

   lighted; 
  in 
  this 
  thin 
  slices 
  of 
  

   bacon 
  were 
  placed, 
  and 
  

   when 
  smoking 
  hot 
  in 
  went 
  

   the 
  fish 
  — 
  fish 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  quickly 
  cleaned 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   boys 
  while 
  the 
  fire 
  was 
  started 
  by 
  the 
  others. 
  A 
  generous 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  potatoes 
  was 
  prepared, 
  and 
  all 
  was 
  ready. 
  

  

  Paddling 
  the 
  Corsair 
  Down 
  Stream 
  

  

  