firms, and have received no especial favors from them.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I THE WILDERNESS TRAVELER 3
II COMMON SENSE IN THE WILDERNESS 23
III PERSONAL EQUIPMENT 35
IV PERSONAL EQUIPMENT (_Continued_) 63
V CAMP OUTFIT 79
VI THE COOK OUTFIT 97
VII GRUB 115
VIII CAMP COOKERY 135
IX HORSE OUTFITS 149
X HORSE PACKS 169
XI HORSES, MULES, BURROS 203
XII CANOES 221
INDEX 233

ILLUSTRATIONS

The home of the Red Gods (_Frontispiece_)

OPPOSITE
PAGE

On the trail (from a painting by N. C. Wyeth) 16

The Author doing a little washing on his own account 32

"Mountain on mountain towering high, and a valley in
between" 48

One of the mishaps to be expected 64

"Bed in the bush with stars to see" 80

"We may live without friends, we may live without
books, but civilized man cannot live without
cooks" 104

When you quit the trail for a day's rest 120

In the heat of the day's struggle 144

Nearing a crest and in sight of game 160

A downward journey 176

In mid-day the shade of the pines is inviting 208

Getting ready for another day of it 224

CHAPTER I

THE WILDERNESS TRAVELER

[Sidenote: The First Qualification]

MANY people have asked me what, all things considered, is the most
valuable quality a wilderness traveler can possess. Always I have
replied unhesitatingly; for no matter how useful or desirable such
attributes as patience, courage, strength, endurance, good nature, and
ingenuity, may prove to be, undoubtedly a man with them but without the
sense of direction, is practically helpless in the wilds.

[Sidenote: The Sense of Direc