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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1906 





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Camping on Lake Charlotte, New York 



The use of material furnished at first 

 hand by Nature's own witchcraft is a fad 

 of camp builders. Trees are cut down, 

 making a clearing in the dense woods which 

 serves the double purpose of letting in 

 floods of sunshine in pleasant weather and 

 giving a space in which to build the camp- 

 er's shelter from storm. 



Log camps are common all through the 

 Adirondack^ and the Maine woods. Some- 

 times a long row of these rough-hewn, but 

 solid, structures are placed near together, 

 the parties occupying them making a social 

 community with kindred interests, while the 

 endless stretches of wild land on every side 

 offers solitude to those seeking it, and a 

 hunter's paradise to the devotees of rod 

 and gun. 



to the rim of the earth, glorious and full 

 of inspiration. 



It is at the back, in a further clearing 

 among the trees, that a Southern Molly 

 reigns supreme over a camp cook stove. A 

 stone lifts the sliding door for draught, and 

 a twig rakes the dead ashes away, while the 

 little, long, slender pipe is wired to two 

 saplings to steady it, the smoke winding 

 hither and thither with the vagrant breeze. 

 Molly lifts pots and moves covers from 

 which delectable odors emanate. Molly is 

 not quite alone in her out-of-door clearing, 

 for three hunting dogs have their kennels 

 near by, and a horse gives friendly neighs 

 from a shed window not fifty feet away. 

 The woods and sky and the animal world 

 are an unending source of delight, while 

 the seats between twin trees lure one to 

 meditation, or a simple basking in the joys 

 that lie near to Nature's heart, and are only 

 waiting for the hand of man to grasp and 

 his eyes to possess in the long days of 

 summer. 



A Camp in the Woodbridge Hills 



Where Harvard is Honored in a Girl's Summer Camp 



Where every household 

 comfort is carried many miles 

 on the backs of guides, 

 luxuries are reduced to a 

 minimum. Campers in the 

 log-camps of the mountain 

 fastnesses, reached by long 

 and devious trails, are ac- 

 customed to "roughing it" in 

 earnest, but they claim an 

 exhilaration of spirits, a joy- 

 ful relaxation from the bonds 

 of civilization, an increasing 

 strength of nerve and muscle, 

 that gives their privations a 

 touch of humor and makes 

 the monotonous camp fare, 

 varied with the delectable 

 taste of venison and salmon 

 trout, a veritable feast of the 

 gods. 



Fireplaces are not common 

 in the hunting-camps of the 

 Adirondacks or the Maine 

 w o o d s. Small, air-tight 

 stoves furnish the heat re- 

 quired indoors, and are 



