Woodcraft
by George Washington Sears
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About this eBook
- Author
- Sears, George Washington, 1821-1890
- Title
- Woodcraft and Camping
- Credits
- Produced by David Clarke, Martin Mayer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SK: Agriculture: Hunting sports
- Subject
- Camping
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 34607
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34607
- Release Date
- December 9, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.WOODCRAFT AND CAMPING
- 2.by "Nessmuk" — DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. NEW YORK
- 3.Preface
- 4.Contents
- 5.Illustrations
- 6.Chapter I — OVERWORK AND RECREATION—OUTING AND OUTERS HOW TO DO IT, AND WHY THEY MISS IT
- 7.Chapter II — KNAPSACK, HATCHET, KNIVES, TINWARE, RODS, FISHING TACKLE, DITTY-BAG
- 8.Chapter III — GETTING LOST—CAMPING OUT—ROUGHING IT OR SMOOTHING IT—INSECTS—CAMPS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM
- 9.Chapter IV — CAMP-FIRES AND THEIR IMPORTANCE—THE WASTEFUL WRONG WAY THEY ARE USUALLY MADE, AND THE RIGHT WAY TO MAKE THEM
- 10.Chapter V — FISHING, WITH AND WITHOUT FLIES—SOME TACKLE AND LURES—DISCURSIVE REMARKS ON THE GENTLE ART—THE HEADLIGHT—FROGGING
- 11.Chapter VI — CAMP COOKERY—HOW IT IS USUALLY DONE, WITH A FEW SIMPLE HINTS ON PLAIN COOKING—COOKING FIRE AND OUT-DOOR RANGE
- 12.Chapter VII — MORE HINTS ON COOKING, WITH SOME SIMPLE RECEIPTS—BREAD, COFFEE, POTATOES, SOUPS, STEWS, BEANS, FISH, MEAT, VENISON
- 13.Chapter VIII — A TEN DAYS' TRIP IN THE WILDERNESS—GOING IT ALONE
- 14.Chapter IX—Canoeing — THE LIGHT CANOE AND DOUBLE BLADE—VARIOUS CANOES FOR VARIOUS CANOEISTS—REASONS FOR PREFERRING THE CLINKER-BUILT CEDAR
- 15.Chapter X — ODDS AND ENDS—WHERE TO GO FOR AN OUTING—WHY A CLINKER?—BOUGHS AND BROWSE — PREPARE TO TURN IN.
- 16.Index
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