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feet or more. Mosquitoes may breed 
within a few spoonfuls of water in a 
fallen leaf. (5) Shelter. The camp 
should be within the cover of timber — 
better second growth, and if possible pro- 
tected by the contour of the land. Avoid 
large trees, river banks, lake shores, and 
hill tops. Such places are most pictur- 
esque, but also most unsafe. A screen 
of undergrowth will afford some shelter 
from high winds, but a camp too far in 
the woods is likely to be hot. (6) Light. 
At some time during the day, best in 
early forenoon, the ground and the can- 
vas should receive direct sunlight — to 
“sweeten” it. (7) Garbage disposal. 
An ample bit of ground free of roots 
where wastes may be buried. 
A camp plannd on the foregoing lines 
has both merits and demerits. First let 
us enumerate some of its advantages. 
There is great flexibility in the plan. 
It is adaptable to either two or three 
tents; and in case tents are used which 
have two doors, even four can be faced 
upon a common living-room. Tents of 
various types and sizes will fit into the 
scheme. There are few families, small 
clubs, or Boy Scout troops which could 
not be fitted with a suitable equipment 
of the sort. Old outfits may be com- 
bined, or combined with new. Two or 
more families may find it possible to 
unite their equipment, then live in the 
camp either together or in rotation. 
Mixed crowds can be accommodated. A 
small family can entertain guests. Par- 
ties or picnics can be sheltered under 
such a spread of canvas. On rainy 
nights I have even had the pleasure of a 
camp-fire on the floor near the entrance. 
On cold evenings one of the tents is 
easily kept warm by the help of an oil- 
stove burner. 
The expense is low, as compared with 
a tent cottage or permanent cottage. The 
labor of setting up camp is probably 
about equivalent to that of a tent cot- 
tage. The whole equipment makes a 
good load for a two-horse wagon or for 
a light truck. 
The unit system permits the use of 
any part of the outfit for special pur- 
poses. The writer has gone camping 
with only one of the 9%' x 12' tents. 
On another occasion he used the T. x 7 ' 
tent for several months in the Andes. 
Against the scheme are several slight 
inconveniences, such as having a door 
upon one side only. 
It has been urged that there is danger 
of lightning from the near-necessity of 
attaching the cable on to trees. If the 
camp is placed as mentioned above, how- 
ever, in second growth timber, especial- 
ly when hills or larger trees are nearby, 
there is slight likelihood that lightning 
will strike the camp. Even should the 
trees be struck, only a small part of the 
discharge would follow the ropes and 
canvas. And when the precaution con- 
cerning the touching of wet canvas is 
habitually lived up to, anyone upon the 
dry floor within would not be in serious 
danger, even if a part of the discharge 
were through the tent. Substract from 
this the ordinary chance of being struck 
by lightning, and you haven’t much of a 
margin of danger due to anchoring your 
camp to small trees. 
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