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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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d with a roj)e or chain and bucket. The BAiLBECCE-PIT Is used at those feasts (Fig. 114), where they broil or roast awhole sheep, deer or pig. At a late meet of the Camp-fireClub of America they thus barbecued a pig. The fire-pit is about four feet wide and four feet deep andis long enough (Fig. 114) to allow a fire to be built at eachend of the pit, there being no fire under the meat itself forthe ven» good reason that the melted fat would drop intothe fire, cause it to blaze up, smoke and spoil the meat. The late Homer Davenport ^the old-time and famouscartoonist) some years ago gave a barbecue at his wild animalfarm in New Jersey. \Mien Davenport was not drawingcartoons he was raising wild animals. At the Davenport 86 CAMP-LORE AND WOODCRAFT barbecue there was a fire-pit dug in the side of the bank(Fig. 115); such an arrangement is known as The Bank-pit In the diagram it will be seen that the carcass is fastenedto a spit of green wood, which runs thru a hole in a cross log 114 116
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115 117 and fits in the socket D in the bottom log; the spit is turnedby handles arranged like A, B or C. The pit is lined witheither stones or bricks, which are heated by a roaring bigfire until hot enough to bake the meat. The Gold Digger Is another bank pit, and one that I have seen used in Montanaby Japanese railroad hands. It is made by digging a holein the bank and using shelves either made of stones or oldpieces of iron. Fig. 116 shows the cross section of the Gold CAMP KITCHENS 87 Digger with the stone door in place. Fig. 117 shows a per-spective view of the gold digger with the stone door restingat one side.

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