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mooring the boat to the bank by the oar-heads, 
or to anchor it by a good iron chunk or real 
anchor, and 150 -foot long 3^-inch line for tow¬ 
ing or emergencies, are the boat’s equipment. A 
tin pump for bailing in case of a leak is good 
to have for emergency. 
The furnishings for the cabin are a matter of 
taste. There should be a table, chairs, cot or 
iron bedstead, cupboard, stove, and window cur¬ 
tains. A woodbox by the stove, and a coal- 
box under the bow deck is a good arrangement. 
A cooler can be built outside hanging over the 
stern from the cabin—just a box with shelves, 
reached through a little trap door at the rear 
of the cabin. A toilet can easily be constructed 
over the stern of the boat, in the rear of the 
cabin, if desired. 
It is always well to have a shelf for books, 
magazines and other reading matter cn board 
a house-boat. There is no camping luxury 
greater than good reading on a rainy day. 
It would be difficult to estimate the cost of 
such a pick-up shanty-boat. The river man 
sometimes builds his boat alongside a drift pile 
on the river bank or the head of an island. His 
expense is limited to nails, time and tools—and 
he uses old tools. 
Cost of lumber varies in every town, and so 
does the cost of a carpenter, if one hires help. 
But even if one pays for good lumber and hires 
a union carpenter, the cost of a house-boat need 
not be more than $30.00 to $50.00. This first cost 
could be cut down almost indefinitely, as the 
river man does it. With sides and roof built of 
roofing and a light frame, the cost of material 
may be kept down to less than $15.00 for the 
cabin and well within $25.00 for hull and all. 
It would require from four days to a week to 
build such a boat as has been described—two 
carpenters would not take more than two or 
three days—four to six days’ time—to construct 
the floating camp. 
All the material for a very elaborate shanty- 
boat would cost less than $50.00; the material 
for a plain scow and cabin, fit for an all summer 
camping out (not counting furnishings) could 
probably be had for less than $10.00 in many 
places, for less than $5.00 if one obtained second¬ 
hand lumber. One of the finest shanty-boats I 
ever saw was built from salvage of a vorn-out 
coal barge abandoned by the company. 
It is worth observing that the river man gen¬ 
erally obtains his picked-up material first and 
then plans his boat to fit the material. Thus his 
boat will be long and narrow, or wide and short, 
according to the planking for the bottom, or the 
frame material, or his strake material. 
INTERESTING BIG GAME STORY COMING. 
Athalmer, East Kootenay, British Columbia. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
I am packed up ready to start on a grizzly bear 
hunt in the main range of the Rockies on the 
Kootenay River, which trip, with others I have 
taken after mcose, sheep and goat, will enable me 
to gather material for a story for you of this 
region and its big game possibilities, including 
some photos. 
Some few years ago—I forget the exact date— 
when superintendent of the Canadian Camp Club, 
Missisaugua Forest Reserve, Northern Ontario, I 
was obliged tc call sharply to account several 
members (from Chicago) who on their canoe 
trip down the Missisaugua River from Biscotas- 
ing to Club House—a two hundred and fifty-mile 
run—for shooting moose and deer out of season 
t/uly and August) and leaving them to rot on 
the river banks. 
You published that letter verbatim, with splen¬ 
did results. Several congratulatory letters came 
along from the big game sportsmen, and although 
the members’ names were not mentioned, they 
took the hint and resigned from the club. 
In my opinion Forest and Stream as a maga¬ 
zine is a big improvement on the weekly journal. 
I note several interesting as well as instructive 
letters in the two issues to hand, also some let¬ 
ters that come under my experience as a British 
gamekeeper. J. H. 
Rhinelander, Wis.-— In order to encourage fish¬ 
ermen and sportsmen to come to Oneida county, 
the Rhinelander Advancement Association has 
prepared a two-color map showing the 232 lakes 
and II trout streams within a 12-mile radius of 
this citv. 
