SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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COMPLETE COOKING OUTFIT FOR EIGHT SCOUTS. 
as dish-washing pans, one for the washing and one for 
the rinsing. 
A heaped teaspoon of washing soda dissolved in hot 
water will so perfectly clean the frying pans as to 
permit their use as dish-pans. 
Eight agate plates, or aluminum if possible; eight 
agate cups, or aluminum if possible ; eight knives, forks 
and spoons; one large, long-handled cooking spoon. 
The complete cooking outfit may be nested together 
and packed in a canvas bag and takes up about as much 
space as a water pail. 
Provisions 
“When a party camps where fresh meat and farm 
products can be procured as they are wanted, its pro- 
visioning is chiefly a matter of taste, and calls for no 
special comment here. But to have good meals in the 
wilderness is a different matter. A man will eat five 
or six pounds a day of fresh food. That is a heavy 
load on the trail. And fresh meat, dairy products, fruit 
and vegetables are generally too bulky, too perishable. 
So it is up to the woodsman to learn how to get the 
