y6 PRIMITIVE STYLE. 
resting-place a few hours, to even half a dozen 
thicknesses of something between them and the 
breast of mother earth. 
Pillows, in dark-colored calico cases, are among 
permissible luxuries ; though I believe veterans 
in this kind of life prefer a pair of good, hob- 
nailed, cow-hide boots ! For Sundays and rainy 
days, some books and magazines are quite essen- 
tial. Some standard medicines, too, are usually 
carried; and sporting parties, of course, provide 
for securing game. When a tent of some kind 
(or, if the party is large, more than one) is added, 
and everything packed, either in a large covered 
wagon or on the backs of donkeys or horses, and 
each person is provided with a pony, the party 
is ready to face life in its primitive conditions ! 
Every one is expected to endure all hardships 
without a murmur, and to assist in all necessary 
work without being asked. As for enjoyment — 
these conditions being complied with — the amount 
to be had, in anticipation at least, is perfectly 
limitless ! 
Of one kind the realization is almost certain. No 
one can help being happy, blessed with an excur- 
sionist’s appetite — which is usually keen enough 
to put him in sympathy with a bear that has just 
arisen from a six months’ fast — when a nice oil- 
cloth is spread before him on the ground, its centre 
filled with tin pans of savory bean-soup, boiled or 
