The boy's camp book; a guidebook based upon the annual encampment of a boy scout troop; the second of a series of handy volumes of information and inspiration . rough all the de-ightful mazes of anticipation. But that, in its turn, wouldresult in robbing the reader of some of his own rightfulshare of those same joys. For after all, the joys of an-ticipation are dependent upon ones imagination. By nomeans, however, do we find ourselves in dull seas. Thereal excitement of the chase often lies in cutting corners. So here we are, half prepared, with a pack-sack com-pletely rigged out, a knowledge
The boy's camp book; a guidebook based upon the annual encampment of a boy scout troop; the second of a series of handy volumes of information and inspiration . rough all the de-ightful mazes of anticipation. But that, in its turn, wouldresult in robbing the reader of some of his own rightfulshare of those same joys. For after all, the joys of an-ticipation are dependent upon ones imagination. By nomeans, however, do we find ourselves in dull seas. Thereal excitement of the chase often lies in cutting corners. So here we are, half prepared, with a pack-sack com-pletely rigged out, a knowledge of camp beds and campcooking, and various other camping preparations all at-tended to in a previous volume. What now? Let us have a look in that pack-sack. Ah, a with it; the billy can, too. All the cooking will bedone over one fire, with an outfit of amazing big utensilsowned by the troop. A Different Mess-Kit, — You want a plate, dessert dish,bowl, cup, knife, fork, and a couple of spoons. And youmust mark them, every one, so you can establish your owner-ship of them if they get mixed up with those belonging to 38 PERSONAL EQUIPMENT 39. your tent mates. Take a hammer and a nail, lay tinwareor aluminum on a flatiron, and punch your mark with anail. Mark knife and fork with a file, and enamelware withoil paint. Get white enamel dishes if you can. You will not need to carry more than the minimum offirst-aid supplies, as the troop will have a hospital could easily do without any, but I presume you wantto be prepared. In addition to a rollerbandage, some sterilized gauze for acompress or two, a square inch of absorb-ent cotton, and a small rubber-stopperedvial of tincture of iodine, it will be wiseto have a small jar of carbolated vaselinefor sunburn; spool of J-inch surgeonsplaster; some soda mint tablets for sourstomach; a cathartic — pills to be pre-ferred, and of whatever kind you are usedto; sun cholera mixture for diarrhoea,etc., and some sort of
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