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Title: Rod and gun
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Canadian Forestry Association
Subjects: Fishing Hunting Outdoor life
Publisher: Beaconsfield, Que. (etc.) Rod and Gun Pub. Co. (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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at convenience. If a treeof sufficient height could not be found,a pole seven feet long could be used,outside the doors. Over this the ropecould be taken and there tied to any-thing strong enough to stand a goodpull. In this triangular affair, albeitsomewhat cramped, for it was meant tosleep in only—we lay and, finding theatmosphere too hot to be pleasant, weremoved our clothes and remained inpuris naturalibus, to the further disap-pointment of the foe. Personally, I tookdelight in blowing smoke through thecheese cloth at the grey pall of insectswhich covered the surface outside. It was hours before we could sleep—who can on the first night in camp?The Boy had never been under canvasbefore, and sleep was the last thingwhich occurred to him. We did not tryto sleep; on the contrary we conversed,passing from subject to subject with allthe illogical lack of sequence character-istic of evening conversation in camp. We discussed every conceivable sub-ject—astronomy, anatomy, theology,
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THE LUMBER CHUTE, A FAMILIAR OBJECT IN THE NORTH L\ND. geolog-y, politics and sport; and uponthese weighty subjects we aired ouropinions with a freedom and confidenceonly found where the lecturer and audi-ence are equally ignorant. About midnight, in this manner,when it had become cooler, and I wasjust launching into a dissertation uponthe nebula theory, a la Prof. Ball, I dis-covered that the Boy was asleep, andhad apparently been so for some time.This accounted for the flattering silencewhich had greeted my previous remarksupon the planetary system. The exam-ple however, seemed a good one, so,giving the nebula theory a respite, Ipulled up a blanket and was soon drift-ing away into dreamland. The sun was high when we awoke.To economize time in camp, the fireshould be lighted before the morningdip, then by the time one is dry, thecoals are ready to cook on. A newlylighted fire is a poor thing from a cook-ing point of view, but when it has burneddown, if made of hard wood, all sorts of

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