How to camp outSmall Parties Travelling Afoot and Camping
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Then there is a match-safe (which should be air-tight, or the matches will soon spoil), a box of salve, the knives, fork, spoon, dipper, portfolio, paper, Testament, &c. Every man also has something in particular that "he wouldn't be without for any thing."[4]
There should also be in every party a clothes brush, mosquito-netting, strings, compass, song-book, guide-book, and maps, which should be company property.
I have supposed every one to be dressed about as usual, and have made allowance only for extra weight; viz.,—
| Rubber blanket | 2-1/2 pounds. |
| Stout woollen blanket and lining | 4-1/2 " |
| Knapsack, haversack, and canteen | 4 " |
| Drawers, spare shirt, socks, and collars | 2 " |
| Half a shelter-tent, and ropes | 2 " |
| Toilet articles, stationery, and small wares | 2 " |
| Food for one day | 3 " |
| ———— | |
| Total | 20 pounds. |
You may be able to reduce the weight here given by taking a lighter blanket, and no knapsack or canteen; but most likely the food that you actually put in your haversack will weigh more than three pounds. You must also carry your share of the following things:—
| Frying-pan, coffee-pot, and pail | 3 pounds. |
| Hatchet, sheath-knife, case, and belt | 3 " |
| Company property named on last page | 3 " |