lt. The vinegar
tends to keep the meat firm, and the dressing makes the fish more of a
dinner dish; both, however, can be omitted. Allow about twenty minutes
for boiling a three-pound fish.

The sooner a fish is cooked after being caught the better. To scale a
fish, lay it on a flat stone or log, hold it by the head and with a
knife scrape off the scales. Scale each side and, with a quick stroke,
cut off the head and lower fins. The back fin must have incisions on
each side in order to remove it. Trout are merely scraped and cleaned by
drawing out the inside with head and gills. Do this by forcing your hand
in and grasping tight hold of the gullet.

To clean most fish it is necessary to slit open the under side, take out
the inside, wash the fish, and wipe it dry with a clean cloth.

If the camping party is fond of fish, and fish frequently forms part of
a meal, have a special clean cloth to use exclusively for drying the
fish.

_Provisions for One Person for Two Weeks. To be
Multiplied by Number of Campers, and Length of
Time if Stay is over Two Weeks_

=Essential Foods=

Outdoor life seems to require certain kinds of foods; these we call
essentials; others in addition to them are in the nature of luxuries or
non-essentials.

=List=

_Essentials_

Wheat flour 6 lbs.
Corn-meal 2-1/2 lbs.
Baking-powder 1/2 lb.
Coffee 1/2 lb.
Tea 1/8 lb.
Cocoa 1/2 lb.
Pork 1 lb.
Bacon 2-1/2 lbs.
Salt 1/2 lb.
Pepper 1 oz.
Sugar 3 lbs.
Butter 1-1/2 lbs.
Milk, dried 1/2 lb.
Lard 3/4 lb.
Egg powder 1/4 lb.
Fruit, dried 1 lb.
Potatoes, dried 1-1/2 lbs.
Beans 1-1/2 lbs.
Maple-syrup 1 pt.
Vinegar 1/4 pt.

=List=

_Non-Essentials_

Rice 2-1/2 lbs.
Lemons 1/2 doz.
Erbswurst 1/4 lb.
Soup tablets 1/4 lb.
Baker's chocolate (slightly sweetened) 1/2 lb.
Maple-sugar 1/2