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PERSONAL KITS 165outside Is closed. Then it will keep the contentsdry even if your graft should fill or capsize. Itshould be about 3 i^eet long and 12 inches in diameter.Get a good quality, reasonably snag-proof, andwith extra-strong seams and handles. If it is to beshipped as baggage, have it fasten with chain andpadlock. I would not use a bag at all unless it wasperfectly water-tight, for that is Its only point ofsuperiority; on the other hand, it is bothersome Jfe^pack, and when you want anything out of a bag Xyou generally have to dump all th^ contents ^n tl^e,. %ground to find It.^ O^ 4^The //;>^. pack shown In Fig. loi Is almost as goodprotection against wet, and a deal handier. Thetop edge, AB, is stiffened by a stick, to hang It upby in camp, and there are pockets to keep thingsseparated. To close it, fold in the sides, bringingfront and back together, roll up, and strap.Ditty Boxes, Pouches.— Everyone will fit upchese things to suit himself. When practicable tocarry It, I prefer to put my small odds-and-ends Inone or two low cigar boxes (the 50-sIze), with partitions,the lid being secured by a small screw-hook(Fig. 102). Otherwise little bags of cloth or softleather answer the purpose.As for pouches to carry on one's person, my reasonstor not liking them will be given under thehead of Walkixg Trips, In Volume II.Hatchet.— A woodsman should carry a hatchet,and he should be as critical in selecting Itas In buyinga gun. The notion that a heavy hunting knifecan do the work of a hatchet Is a delusion. Whenit comes to cleaving carcasses, chopping kindling,blazing thick-barked trees, driving tent pegs or trapstakes, and keeping up a bivouac fire, the knife neverwas made that will compare with a good tomahawk.The common hatchets of the hardware stores areunfit for a woodsman's use. They have broadblades with beveled edge, and they are generallymade of poor, brittle stuff. A camper's hatchet