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The Project Gutenberg eBook, How to Camp Out, by John M. Gould
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Hints for Camping and Walking.
HOW TO CAMP OUT.
BY
JOHN M. GOULD,
Author of History of First-Tenth-Twenty-ninth Maine Regiment.
Contents
PREFACE.
HOW TO CAMP OUT.
CHAPTER I.
GETTING READY.
CHAPTER II.
SMALL PARTIES TRAVELLING AFOOT AND CAMPING.
AFOOT.—CAMPING OUT.
WOOLLEN BLANKET.
OTHER WAYS OF GOING AFOOT.
CHAPTER III.
LARGE PARTY TRAVELLING AFOOT WITH BAGGAGE-WAGON.
WAGONS.
HARNESS.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THIS MODE OF TRAVEL.
CHAPTER IV.
CLOTHING.
SHIRTS.
DRAWERS.
SHOES.
PANTALOONS.
CHAPTER V.
STOVES AND COOKING-UTENSILS.
CHAPTER VI.
COOKING, AND THE CARE OF FOOD.
BAKED BEANS, BEEF, AND FISH.
CARE OF FOOD.
CHAPTER VII.
MARCHING.[7]
FOOT-SORENESS AND CHAFING.
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE CAMP.
BEDS.
SLEEPING.
SINKS.
HOW TO KEEP WARM.
FIREPLACE.
HUNTERS' CAMP.
CHAPTER IX.
TENTS.—ARMY SHELTER-TENT (tente d'abri).
THE A-TENT.
THE WALL-TENT.
CLOTH FOR TENTS.
HOW TO PITCH A WALL-TENT QUICKLY.
TENT-POLES.
TENT-PINS.
BEST SIZE OF TENTS.
CHAPTER X.
MISCELLANEOUS.—GENERAL ADVICE.
BOATING.
RECKONING LOST.
LADIES AS PEDESTRIANS.
LADIES AND CHILDREN IN CAMP.
SUMMER-HOUSES, SHEDS, AND BRUSH SCREENS.
ETIQUETTE.
MOSQUITOES, BLACK FLIES, AND MIDGE.
HOW TO SKIN FISH.
EXPENSES.
ONE WEEK'S SUPPLY FOR TWO MEN.
CHAPTER XI.
DIARY.
CHAPTER XII.
"HOW TO DO IT."
STILL ANOTHER WAY TO TRAVEL.
CHAPTER XIII.
HYGIENIC NOTES.
ACCIDENTS.
"TAKING COLD."
HUNGER AND FATIGUE
STIMULATION.
MARSHALL HALL'S READY METHOD IN SUFFOCATION, DROWNING, ETC.
POISONS.
PARTING ADVICE.
INDEX.
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