CHAPTER XX. Camp Don’ts

CAMP DON’TS

Don’t forget your check list.

Do make your plans early for the camping expedition.

Don’t be dowdy in the woods. Dress appropriately.

Do keep a clean camp. Otherwise you will go in for hedgehogs, skunks, flies, and other disease-breeding pests.

If in doubt about drinking water, don’t drink it--at least, not till it is thoroughly boiled.

Do be independent. Camp is no place for necklaces, however beautiful.

Don’t start out camping with a new pair of shoes on your feet.

Do keep from adding to the things you want to take with you, or you won’t be able to reach the “jumping off” place.

Don’t forget your fly “dope.”

If your appetite is good, be polite to the cook.

Don’t forget the box of matches.

Don’t be foolhardy. It might take too long to find you. If you feel that way, have somebody attach a tump line to you.

If you have an open stove, when you go off for the day, be sure to close it.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions--everybody does.

Do help others with the work.

Don’t cut your foot with the axe. It will not add to the pleasures of camp life.

Dish-washing is not pleasant work. Do your share just the same.

Don’t step on the gunwale of the canoe, and upset it, or trip over a thwart. The canoe is a ticklish craft.

Do conform to the camp routine. Don’t keep the dinner waiting, delay the fishing expedition, or call out a search party.

Don’t be ignorant of the topography of the region in which you camp. By not studying the map for yourself, you will give others a lot of trouble.

Listen to what your guide says.

Remember, I shall be glad to answer brief, pointed questions, addressed to me at

CAMP RUNWAY, Moosehead Lake, Greenville, Maine.

THE END

INDEX

Beavers, 88-89 Beds: bough beds, 97-100 browse bed, 100, 101 sleeping bags, 103 Birch bark, 9, 40 Black flies, 10-11 Blankets, 21 Bloomers, 4, 18-19. See Clothing Blouse, 4, 19, 22. See Clothing Books, 20-21, 219 Breck’s fly “dope,” 102 Breck’s “Way of the Woods,” 7, 26, 45, 63

Camera film, 20, 218-219 Camp Fire Girls, 11, 115 Camp habit, 139-146 Camping grounds, 68-76 sites to be avoided for, 73 sites to be chosen for, 73-76, 181-192 Can opener, 8. See Cooking utensils Canoes, 193-208 care in handling, 193-200 cost of, 196 length of paddle, 195 paddling, 200 Cascara sagrada, 5 Check lists, 1, 96 Cleanliness, 147-156, 168 Clothing, 1-5, 13-20, 21-23, 165-166 gloves, 5 hunting suit, cost of, 18 jacket, 18 Cold cream, 5 Combination suits, 3-4, 17, 165-166 Cook, 37-45 Cooking utensils, 8, 34-35, 62, 104-105 Cooler, 8, 32-34

Dishes, 8, 35 Duffle bag, 2, 14

Economy, 5, 107-117 Equipment, 2, 8-9 cost of, 8 poncho, 100 tents, 110-111 tools, 9, 35 Expenses, 107-117 for food, 114 for party of four or five, 108-111 for tents, 110

Feet, care of, 19 Fires, 11, 77-86 Fishing, 193-208 fly, 202-204 Fishing tackle, 200, 204-208 Fly “dope,” 9, 35, 101-102 Food, 1, 6-8, 24-36 bacon, 28 butter, 29 cleanliness of, 30-31 dried vegetables, 26-27 flour, 27 meat, 28-30 milk, 32, 37, 114-116 portage of, 24 Footgear, 2, 3, 14-16 Fry pans, 8, 62. See Cooking utensils Fuel, 9-10, 40-42 Furnishings, 11, 94-106

Gloves, 5. See Clothing Guides, 69, 85, 118-126 assistance to, 123-125, 145 character of, 122-123 duties of, 119-121

Hat, 4, 19 Head net, 101 Health: clean-working digestion and, 166-168 eating and, 169 hygiene and, 127-138 physical culture drill and, 161-165 rules for, 159-161 water and, 10, 42-44, 76, 157-170 Hunting suit, 18. See Clothing Hygiene, 127-138. See Health

Jacket, 18. See Clothing

Knives, 8. See Cooking utensils

Matches, 40 Moccasins, 2, 16. See Footgear Mosquitoes, 10-11 headnet and, 101. See Hat netting for, 35 tarlatan for, 101

Neat’s-foot oil. See Waterproofing Nesting pails, 8, 34

Pockets, 4. See Clothing Poncho, 100 Privy, care of, 168. See Sanitation

Recipes, 45 apples, 49 bacon, 62 baked beans, 59-60 baking powder biscuits, 55-56 boiling vegetables, 65-66 bread-making, 51 broth, 62 buckwheat cakes, 61 Chinese tea-cakes, 63 chowder, 62-63 corn bread, 56-57 corn meal, 48 corn pone, 60-61 eggs, 54-55 fish, 52-53 fudge, 64-65 gingerbread, 63 macaroni, 48 mashed potatoes, 61-62 mayonnaise dressing, 66 molasses cookies, 64 mushrooms, 61-62 olive oil, 65 pancakes, 57-58 partridge, 53-54 penuche, 64 rice, 48 soups, 58, 59 stewed fruits, 65 stock, 46 vegetable stew, 49 white sauce, 63 Reflector baker, 8, 39. See Cooking utensils

Safety pins, 5. See Clothing Sanitation, camp health and, 157-170 water and, 10, 30-31, 42-44, 76 Skirt, 4, 17-19 extra. See Clothing khaki, 17 tweed, 17, 22 Soap, 5, 20 Sporting catalogs, 103 Sporting magazines, Outing, Country Life in America, Forest and Stream, Field and Stream, Recreation, Rod and Gun in Canada, 110 Stockings, 3. See Clothing holeproof, 16, 17, 19 woolen, 16 Sweater, 18. See Clothing

Tents, 110-111. See Equipment and also Expenses Tin can camping, 26 Tools, 9, 35. See Equipment Tooth brush, 5 Tooth paste, 5 Trail, 209-220 following the, 211-214 independence on, 209-211 lost on, 214-216 walking, 70

Vacation Bureaus, 115 Viscol. See Waterproofing

Water, 10, 42-44, 76. See Health and also Sanitation Waterproofing, 3, 14, 16. See Footgear

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