Camping and woodcraft - Scoutmastercg.com

good-hearted, manly fellows, who will take thingsas they come, do their fair share of the camp chores,and agree to have no arguments before breakfast.There are plenty of such men, steel-true and bladestraight.Then will your trip be a lasting pleasure,to be lived over time and again in after years.There are no friendships like those that are madeunder canvas and in the open field.In the following pages I treat the matter of outfittingindetail, not that elaborate outfits are usuallydesirable — for they are not — but because in townthere is so much to pick and choose from. Thereare many patterns of this, that, and the other articleof equipment, some good for one kind of camping,come for another. I try to explain their " points,"^hat the reader may choose intelligently accordingto his needs.