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ii6CAMPING AND WOODCRAFTSelect from the following list such articles as youknow you will need, <strong>and</strong> make a light wooden boxin which they will stow properly.Folding Saw.Mill File.Triangular File.Side-cutting Pliers.Carborundum Stone.Scales.Gun Screw-driver.Reel Screw-driver.Small H<strong>and</strong> Drill.Tape Line.Copper Wire (two sizes).Nails, Brads, Tacks,Screws.J/2 gill Le Page's Glue.Marine Glue.Solderene.Winding Silk (or DentalFloss).Rod Varnish.Ferrule Cement.Spare Tips <strong>and</strong> Guides.Rubber Mending Tissue.Gun or Rifle Cleaning Rod<strong>and</strong> Brush.Gun Oil.Gun Wipers.S<strong>and</strong>paper.Emery Cloth.Shears.Needles.Thread.Wax.Spare Buttons.Safety Pins,Horse-blanket Pins.Rubber B<strong>and</strong>s (large).Spare Shoe Laces.Lock-stitch Awl.Shoe Nails.Hob-nails.Sail Needles.Twine (in tobacco bag).Split Rivets,lo yds. 2-inch AdhesivePlaster.Adhesive plaster (zinc oxide plaster) can bebought at any drug store. Besides its regular use tohold a dressing in place where b<strong>and</strong>aging is difficult(never apply it directly to a wound), <strong>and</strong> for protectingsore spots, such as a cut finger or a blisteredfoot, it is a lightning repairer for all sorts of things.When warmed it will stick to any dry surface, wood,metal, glass, cloth, leather, or skin. It can bepeeled off <strong>and</strong> reapplied several times. As an instantaneousmender of rents <strong>and</strong> stopper of holes orcracks it has no equal. It is waterproof <strong>and</strong> airtight.With a broad strip you can seal a box orchest watertight, stop a leak in a canoe (" iron " iton with a hot spoon or stone) or mend a paddle, agunstock, or even an axe-h<strong>and</strong>le (first nailing it).A chest or cupboard can be extemporized from any

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