Woodcraft and Camping
by George Washington Sears
Read Woodcraft and Camping by George Washington Sears online, free: 11 chapters, public domain, on Papyras.
Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I. Overwork and Recreation—Outing and Outers How to Do It, and Why They Miss It
- Chapter II. Knapsack, Hatchet, Knives, Tinware, Rods, Fishing Tackle, Ditty-Bag
- Chapter III. Getting Lost—Camping Out—Roughing It or Smoothing It—Insects—Camps, and How to Make Them
- Chapter IV. Camp-Fires and Their Importance—The Wasteful Wrong Way They Are Usually Made, and the Right Way to Make Them
- Chapter V. Fishing, with and Without Flies—Some Tackle and Lures—Discursive Remarks on the Gentle Art—The Headlight—Frogging
- Chapter VI. Camp Cookery—How It Is Usually Done, with A Few Simple Hints on Plain Cooking—Cooking Fire and Out-Door Range
- Chapter VII. More Hints on Cooking, with Some Simple Receipts—Bread, Coffee, Potatoes, Soups, Stews, Beans, Fish, Meat, Venison
- Chapter VIII. A Ten Days' Trip in the Wilderness—Going It Alone
- Chapter IX—Canoeing
- Chapter X. Odds and Ends—Where to Go for an Outing—Why A Clinker?—Boughs and Browse