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Title: The American boys' handybook of camp-lore and woodcraft
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941
Subjects: Camping Camping -- Equipment and supplies
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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enton had fought their packs we would never haveheard of them! In the illustrations are shown many figures, and one shouldnot forget that these are sketches of real men in the real\\ilderness, and not fancy pictures diawn from imagination.Figs. 230, 231 and 232 show many different methods of carry-ing big game on ones shoulders or back. Fig. 232 also showsa couple of prospectors on the trail. One has the bag on hisback, held in place by shoulder straps; the other has a bagthrown over his shoulder Hke a ragman. The alpine rucksack will carry—or to speak more properly—^with it one can pack a camera, notebook, sketching material,lunch and all those things which a fellow wants on an enjoy-able hike. The alpine rucksack is a many-gored poke about18 inches wide and about 22 inches long without the gores.These pokes can be made so that the gores fold in and producean orduiary-sized pack, or they may be pushed out hke anumbrella so as to make a bag in which one can carry a good-sized boy.
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THE USE OF DOGS—)\L\N PACKING 161 The Broad Band Fig. SS-^-D shows the broad band used by the men ofthe far north. The reader will note that the broad canvasbands come over the shoulders from the top of the pack;also that a broad breast band connects the shoulderbands, while rope, whang strings or thongs run througheyelets in the band and to the bottom of the pack. ThisIS said to be the most comfortable pack used and has aninteresting history; it was evolved from an old pair of over-alls. There was a Hebrew peddler who followed the goldseekers and he took a pair of canvas overalls and put themacross his breast, and to the legs he fastened the pack uponhis back. The overalls being wide and broad did not cuthis chest, as do smaller straps, thongs or whang strings. But breast straps of any kind are not now recommendedby all authorities. It is claimed that they interfere withthe breathing and a fellow mouching along the trail needsto have his chest free to expand, for not only his speed

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