eeping out the cold. But I think it is best to have at least one
good log cabin well chinked, mudded and banked. Always select a spot
where it is easy to drain away the surface water on all sides of the
camp, and if possible have the main camp close to good pure water
which is a great protection against malaria.

If you are doing a stroke of business so that you will need more than
one camp, the others need not be quite so tidy as the main camp, for
it is not likely that you will occupy them more than a night or two
at a time. Your temporary camps need not be larger than 6 x 8 and
quite low, as this will save both fuel and bedding. Do not forget to
get up a good supply of wood at all the camps before the trapping
season is open, for you will find plenty to do after the trapping
season opens without cutting wood.

The main camp should be at least 10 x 12 feet inside. A place should
be provided for curing furs outside. Furs should never be cured by a
fire or in a warm place, for this will have a tendency to curl the
ends of the fur and give it a woolly appearance. There can usually be
a place fixed either on the outer gable or under the eaves of the
cabin to cure the furs.

Now, as to the commissary part. You will, of course, to a great
extent select the kind and quantity according to the distance and
convenience in getting the grub to camp. The camper will find that
the most convenient as well as better satisfaction, as a rule, will
be found in taking provisions to camp in a crude state, i.e., wheat
flour, corn meal, beans, bacon, with the necessary supply of tea,
coffee, sugar, good baking powder, salt, pepper and a quantity of
rice. If, as I have before stated, the camp is so located as to be of
easy access by wagon, then choose a bill-of-fare to your own liking.

The medicine box should contain a box of good cathartic pills and a
quantity of 2-grain quinine tablets, with any other medicine you may
wish. Other necessities about the camp are a good supply of strong
cord, a few feet of small rope, a yard or two of muslin, a yard of
oilcloth.

It may be well to give a few suggestions about a temporary camp for a
night, if by chance you should get caught out and unable to reach
camp. You should select a place before dark. If a large fallen tree
can be found that lies close to the ground where you wish to build
the fire it is best. If the log cannot be readily found then select a
bank or knoll to build the fire agains