How to Camp Out

About this eBook

Author

Gould, John Mead, 1839-1930

Credits

E-text prepared by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes, Emmy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

SK: Agriculture: Hunting sports

Subject

Camping

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17575

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17575

Release Date

January 22, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Hints for Camping and Walking. — HOW TO CAMP OUT. — BY
2. 2.JOHN M. GOULD, — Author of History of First-Tenth-Twenty-ninth Maine Regiment .
3. 3.Contents
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.HOW TO CAMP OUT.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — GETTING READY.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — SMALL PARTIES TRAVELLING AFOOT AND CAMPING. — AFOOT.—CAMPING OUT. — WOOLLEN BLANKET. — OTHER WAYS OF GOING AFOOT.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — LARGE PARTY TRAVELLING AFOOT WITH BAGGAGE-WAGON. — WAGONS. — HARNESS. — ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THIS MODE OF TRAVEL.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — CLOTHING. — SHIRTS. — DRAWERS. — SHOES. — PANTALOONS.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — STOVES AND COOKING-UTENSILS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — COOKING, AND THE CARE OF FOOD. — BAKED BEANS, BEEF, AND FISH. — CARE OF FOOD.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — MARCHING. [7] — FOOT-SORENESS AND CHAFING. — MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — THE CAMP. — BEDS. — SLEEPING. — SINKS. — HOW TO KEEP WARM. — FIREPLACE. — HUNTERS' CAMP.
14. 14.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.
15. 15.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.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — DIARY.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — "HOW TO DO IT." — STILL ANOTHER WAY TO TRAVEL.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — HYGIENIC NOTES. — ACCIDENTS. — "TAKING COLD." — HUNGER AND FATIGUE — STIMULATION. — MARSHALL HALL'S READY METHOD IN SUFFOCATION, DROWNING, ETC. — POISONS. — PARTING ADVICE.
19. 19.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes:

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