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FOREST AND STREAM 
October 1918 
The Yellowstone 
National Park 
By 
GEN. HIRAM M. CHITTENDEN 
Net. $2.00 
An entirely new and revised edition 
with new plates and new illustrations 
of this remarkable classic of The Yel¬ 
lowstone. Ever since its discovery, 
more than forty years ago, the Yellow¬ 
stone Park has grown in popular inter¬ 
est. Its natural wonders surpass any¬ 
thing to be found in like compass else¬ 
where in the world. 
To these attractions have been added 
others in the form of wonderful moun¬ 
tain roads built by the government, and 
a system of hotels and camping facilities 
which make 
traveling 
through the 
Park a delight 
quite apart 
from its scenic 
interest. 
Handsomely 
illustrated o n 
Canteo Paper, 
and three-color 
cove r jacket 
showing Y e l- 
lowstone Falls 
in its natural 
beauty; also an 
elaborate map. 
Net, $2.oo. 
Camp Fires in the 
Yukon 
By 
HARRY ANTON AUER 
Net $2.00 
In this book the author, an explorer, 
a hunter of big game, and a lover of 
the Great Out-of-Doors, takes the 
reader from the shut-in life of the 
cities to the mighty wilderness of 
Alaska and The Yukon. 
Hunters of big game will revel in this 
journey to the greatest range of big game on 
the continent; lovers of animal life will find 
keen interest in observing and studying with 
Mr. Auer the habits of the wild life of the 
far North, while the reader who loves the 
Open Places of God’s Great Nature will be 
dominated by the intimate contact with the 
Majesty, Might and Beauty of the Wilderness 
of Alaska and The Yukon. 
The remark¬ 
able and nu¬ 
merous photo¬ 
graphs with 
which Mr. 
Auer illus¬ 
trates his work 
brings us very 
close to the 
great heart of 
the far - off 
Northern Wil¬ 
derness. 
Handsomely 
bound, many 
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WOODS LOGIC AND 
CAMPING COMMON SENSE 
(continued from page 603) 
great fame among the Indians of Maine 
for their medical properties. An old squaw 
once told me to chew several blisters oc¬ 
casionally if I would be healthy and vig¬ 
orous—‘‘Much good for woman, very 
good,” she said. They have a laxative ef¬ 
fect that cannot fail to be salutary. 
One of the nuisances of outdoor life is 
the little “husk” or throat cold induced in 
many persons by the unwonted exposure 
to the air. Here the fir blister is of great 
use. Cut several from the tree by slicing 
into the bark just deep enough to remove 
the whole blister. Cut each one open and 
drop into a pan of boiling water. Inhale 
the warm, resinous steam deeply as it will 
relieve colds and hoarseness. 
Camp life and its attendent feasting on 
many' weird and unbalanced dishes often 
create a stomach disturbance that manifests 
itself in tiny canker sores on the tongue 
and inside of the cheeks. These, it often 
seems, are painful in inverse ratio to their 
size and a minute canker on the tip of one’s 
tongue can effectually spoil the flavor of 
the finest broiled partridge or roast deer 
saddle. Gold thread is the cure for this— 
in leafy mold under hardwood trees there 
grows a tiny plant with a scalloped three- 
lobed leaf. On pulling it up, the root will 
detach itself from the leaf mold, sometimes 
to the length of a foot or more, a slender 
golden thread that gives the plant its name. 
This root has a very bitter taste but if 
chewed a short intervals it will cure a 
persistant canker sore in a few hours. 
O NE of the greatest mistakes made by 
the average camper is that of think¬ 
ing he will sleep in comfort so long 
as he couches himself on a “bough bed.” 
Bough beds are a delusion and a snare. 
The average guide as well as the average 
camper can no more negotiate making one 
than he could suit the matron of a hospital 
with his first attempt at making up a hos¬ 
pital cot. Y 7 et the real couch o’ dreams can 
be made; soft, fragrant, resilient, healthful 
—the dictionary fails in the task of pro¬ 
viding adjectives to describe the real bough 
bed, made as it should be, with care and 
intelligence. 
Not even first requisite is possessed by 
some campers. One must be able to tell 
spruce from fir. The spruce must be re¬ 
jected. Its stiff horny twigs have not suffi¬ 
cient springness to serve as a couch for the 
knowing. Fir bough tips not more than a 
foot in length, should be stuck in the 
ground curving gracefully over a six inch 
log that serves as a head board. Then, 
gradually, layer on layer, work from side to 
side of the bed toward the foot. Succeed¬ 
ing layers of twigs need not be stuck in 
the ground, but just laid stem down on the 
preceding layer. They will curve over each 
other, “spoon-fashion” and by the time the 
maker has laid six feet of this fragrant 
carpet he will be quite ready to lay him¬ 
self thereon for well-earned repose. 
Making a bough bed is not something 
that can be done between lights and should 
not be attempted unless you have time 
to do it the right way. 
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CAMP FIRES 
IN THE YUKON 
HARRY A. AUER 
