Rod and gun . rthwart is a poor thing to make the shorewith. For cruising youwant a good lengthserviceable canoebuilt as light as iswise to stand thebumps and scratcheswhich it is the lot ofcruising canoes toput up with. Aneighteen foot boatis here away aheadof the smaller craftsand is the one usuallyused. Two men can make much bet-ter time in a largercanoe. In long tripsthe backing andbalancing of thecanoe is an art andno matter how lightthe boat, it soon at-tains double itsweight, or seemsto. I have seen somemen who could packin one boat and to spare lug-gage \\hi:h noviceswould ha
Rod and gun . rthwart is a poor thing to make the shorewith. For cruising youwant a good lengthserviceable canoebuilt as light as iswise to stand thebumps and scratcheswhich it is the lot ofcruising canoes toput up with. Aneighteen foot boatis here away aheadof the smaller craftsand is the one usuallyused. Two men can make much bet-ter time in a largercanoe. In long tripsthe backing andbalancing of thecanoe is an art andno matter how lightthe boat, it soon at-tains double itsweight, or seemsto. I have seen somemen who could packin one boat and to spare lug-gage \\hi:h noviceswould have difficulty to get in two. Thegreat secret of all these trips is to golight and the more trips the canoeisttakes the less he brings with him eachyear. At the end of every season hefinds he can easily do without some littlearticle which perhaps he has lugged withhim for half a dozen years without are now making every-thing in the campers line as compactand convenient as possible. Condensed. up agaixst it. milk has long heen popular and I see nowthat the latest thing- cut is condensedegrgs. If you cruise alone you can bring thechoosing and packing of your outfit downto a science, and I once heard an oldwoodsman humorously remark that, at apinch he could get along with a goodknife, a camp pail and an extra average camper, however, rarelycuts things quite so close and usually includes a few luxuries along with thebare necessities A very important item, often carelesslyoverlooked on long trips is the paddle. Itis a strange thing that, though manyof our Canoe companies turn out boatspractically perfect in every detail, thepaddles they usually ship with them areabominably poor and here I might say,that you will never be really satisfieduntil you turn out your own paddles then
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