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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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e can ruin in a few minutesa mighty forest tree that God himself caimot replace insideof from forty to one hundred years. While we are talking of building fires in the snow, it maybe well to remark that an uninhabitable and inaccessibleswamp in the summer is often the best of camping places inthe winter time. The water freezes and falls lower and lower,leaving convenient shelves of ice (Fig. 57) for ones larder.The dense woods and brush offer a splendid barrier to thewinter winds. Fig. 59 shows an arrangement for a wintercamp-fire. How TO INIake a Fire in the Rain Spread a piece of bark on the ground to serve as a hearthon which to start your fire. Seek dry wood by sphtting thelog and taking the pieces from the center of the wood, keepthe wood under cover of your tent, poncho, coat or blanket.Also hold a blanket or some similar thing over the fire whileyou are fighting it. After the blaze begins to leap and thelogs to bum freely, it will practically take a cloud-burstto extinguish it.
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