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FOREST AND STREAM 
August, 1920 
Captain Hardy’s 
Indestructible 
Gun Case 
In building this per- 
fect gun case, Capt. 
Hardy combined his 
expert gun 
knowledge 
with his years 
of experience 
in manufacturing 
the finest cowboy 
saddles made. 
Gun case is hand made 
— every stitch — from 
finest California Sad- 
dle Leather, hermeti- 
cally sealed to highest 
grade trunkboard 
frame. It is hand 
tailored and not only 
fits your gun but pro- 
tects it. Stands 200 lbs. 
pressure without crushing. 
Enclose stamp for descriptive 
circular and prices. 
CAPT. A. H. HARDY 
P. 0. Box 1384, Denver, Colo. 
BlANKCTS 
GENUINE 
HUDSON’S BAY 
" POINT •’ 
BLANKETS 
Point Size 
3 60"x72" dble. 
3 y 2 63”x81" dble. 
4 72"x9»" dble. 
Weight Price 
8 lbs. 5 oz. $33.25 
10 lbs. 40.00 
12 lbs. 48.00 
KHAKI— GREY— WHITE 
Long Fibred Australian Wool Made in England 
Will Shed Water Color Guaranteed Fast 
Finest Made for Outing Purposes 
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Cut out that unnecessary report 
noise. Don’t scare away all the 
other game. Use a 
MAXIM 
SILENCER 
PRECE, .22 Cal. $7.0 0 
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and booklet of astonishing 
experiences of Silencer users. 
The Maxim Silencer Co. 
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WILD DUCKS and FISH 
-- 'm — w will come in greater num- 
jT bers to your waters, if you 
"W Jr will create natural surround- 
ings for them by planting 
TERRELL'S FAMOUS WILD.* 
DUCK FOODS such as Wild 
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TERRELL : : Naturalist 
OSHKOSH Dept. H-199 WIS. 
A UNIT-SYSTEM PERMANENT CAMP 
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 429) 
weeds, or down near the moist earth or 
wet leaves, encounter the clear, dry zone 
about the camp they tend to rise. Thus 
they rarely find the open space at the 
bottom of the tent walls. Observe an 
insect which alights upon your canvas. 
Nine times out of ten it turns upward 
toward the light and not downward 
toward a dark opening. 
The housefly need not be a problem in 
your camp so long as all garbage and 
refuse are buried punctiliously at inter- 
vals of a week or oftener. The earth 
removed in digging each new garbage pit 
may be thrown into the last. 
T HE living-room of this camp is 
dining-room as well. The table 
was made large enough to seat 
eight persons. When used by a small 
party, half the table may be and will 
be used as a convenient catch-all. The 
center-pole of the roof rests upon the 
table. It is not only out of the way but 
may be provided with hooks or nails for 
hanging various handy objects; or as a 
support for a lantern, candle, or lamp. 
The table (shown in Fig. 1, l) , in 
this camp is constructed of yellow pine. 
Four boards of one-inch stuff, 6' x 9", 
form the table top, which is therefore 
3' x 6'. Underneath two pieces 5' x 8" x 3" 
x 1" run lengthwise in a vertical plane. 
Three pieces 2' 8" x 3" x 1" run cross- 
wise in a vertical plane. These five 
pieces not only stiffen the boards of the 
top, but at the four corners give three 
surfaces to which each leg is nailed. If 
screws are used the table may be knocked 
down for packing. The third cross-piece 
is at the center where it prevents the 
middle boards from sinking beneath the 
weight of the canvas upon the center- 
pole. The table-legs are of 2" x 2" 
pine, dressed. They are made longer 
than the desired height of the table. 
The height is adjusted according to the 
character of the ground by sinking the 
legs into the ground a few inches. This 
furthermore gives rigidity to the table 
and center-pole. The luxury of a white 
oilcloth for the table is allowable. 
A washstand (Fig. 1, 2), two easy 
camp-chairs, several camp-stools with 
"backs, and a small mirror hanging upon 
a hook in pole / complete the furnishing 
of the room. 
The kitchen has just sufficient space 
for its equipment (Fig. 1, C). The 
table, 3, is improvised from packing- 
boxes, which underneath serve for pots 
and pans; and during winter they are 
used for storage. The oil-stove, -4, 
stands upon its shipping-crate, beneath 
the window, 13. A canvas or oilcloth 
hood is readily sewed into the edges of 
the window, so as to overhang the stove 
and carry away much of the heat and 
fumes. A strip of mosquito-netting and 
one of canvas guard this opening against 
insects and weather respectively. A 40- 
inch camping-box of thin slats and wire, 
5, does duty as a cupboard. It serves 
this purpose very well. The narrow 
cracks admit sufficient air, but no vermin 
except ants or cockroaches can enter. 
These are easily kept out by allowing 
the box to come in contact with nothing 
except two stakes which are its support. 
The bottoms of the stakes may be 
wrapped with material which is kept 
saturated with kerosene, and the sur- 
rounding soil moistened with the same. 
Of course the runways of these insects 
have been pretty well obliterated by the 
above-mentioned removal of all leaves 
and debris from about the tents. It 
has usually been unnecessary to take 
similar steps with the table-legs. 
For the sleeping tents floors are desir- 
able. These are easily constructed with 
2" x 4" supports and 8" or 10" fough 
boards, preferably planed on at least 
one side. The tent should rest upon the 
floor, instead of building the floor within 
the tent. The latter may be erected first 
and then elevated upon the floor as soon 
as ready. Thus your floor not only does 
not encroach upon the space of the tent, 
but actually adds to it. Fig. 1, tent B, 
7, is a type of half floor which has been 
used quite satisfactorily for several sea- 
sons. The best floor for kitchen and 
living-room is clean sand. It will pack 
and avoid tracking if sand and hay or 
grass are mixed thoroughly, the latter 
acting as a binder. However when camp- 
ing on sandy soil I have never found it 
necessary to give any attention to the 
floors in these rooms. 
The camping-box mentioned above also 
does admirably as a linen-chest, and as 
a set (Fig. 1, 6). For hanging clothing 
wooden bars with hooks, and supported 
by the tent-pole, will do — 11. Quarter- 
inch ropes, passed from end to end of 
each tent just beneath the ridge-pole, 
bd and fh, are drawn tightly and sup- 
ported at several points by stout cotton. 
They afford a very convenient line upon 
which to hang miscellaneous objects. 
The camping-boxes and packing-boxes 
readily accommodate all the outfit for 
purposes of shipment and storage. A 
large second-hand rug trunk, 10, is a 
dressing-table in summer, and in winter 
exactly contains the canvas. It is mouse- 
proof and dry. Both protection and ab- 
solute dryness are necessary to the long- 
est possible life of the canvas. 
Two or three small, superannuated 
rugs or straw mats, a flag, and a few 
pennants do much toward creating an 
atmosphere of comfort. I am aware 
that more persons need be cautioned 
concerning things that they should leave 
at home than concerning things that 
should be taken to camp. Yet there is 
no reason for stinting on all the com- 
forts, in a camp of such permanency. 
W HEN you choose the ground upon 
which to erect such a cam]) as has 
been described, several criteria 
should prevail: (1) Ownership. You do 
not want to be obliged to move after 
everything is nicely established. (2) 
Soil. A well-drained, sandy soil is pref- 
erable. The surface must not be too 
rough nor upon too great a slope. (3) 
The supply of drinking-water must not 
be too remote, and its sanitary character 
should be known. (4) Humidity r No 
standing water within several hundred 
