ILLUSTRATIONS

Over-night camp[Frontispiece]
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One can generally pass around obstructions like this on the trail[5]
Difficulties of the Adirondack trail[9]
Blazing the trail by bending down and breaking branches[11]
Returning to camp by the blazed trail[13]
Footprints of animals[17]
Footprints of animals[19]
Ink impressions of leaves[23]
Ink impressions of leaves[24]
Ink impressions of leaves[25]
Pitch-pine and cone[26]
Sycamore leaf and fruit of sycamore[26]
How to use the axe[29]
The compass and the North Star[37]
A permanent camp[49]
Outdoor shelters[51]
Dining-tent, handy racks, and log bedstead[53]
A forest camp by the water[55]
In camp[57]
The bough-bed, the cook-fire, and the wall-tent[59]
Soft wood[63]
Hard wood[65]
Bringing wood for the fire[69]
Camp fires and camp sanitation[81]
Trailers' outfits[87]
The head-net and blanket-roll[91]
Some things to carry and how to carry them[101]
Handicraft in the woods[107]
Outdoor dressing-table, camp-cupboard, hammock-frame, seat, and pot-hook[109]
Camp-chair, biscuit-stick, and blanket camp-bed[111]
The birch-bark dish that will hold fluids. Details of making[115]
A bear would rather be your friend than your enemy[118]
Making friends with a ruffed grouse[120]
Found on the trail[122]
Timber wolves[124]
Baby moose[126]
Stalking wild birds[128]
The fish-hawk will sometimes build near the ground[131]
Antelopes of the western plains[135]
Good food on the trail[143]
Fruits found principally in the south and the middle west[147]
Fruits found principally in the north and the middle west[151]
Fruits common to most of the States[155]
Hickory nuts, sweet and bitter[159]
Nuts with soft shells. Beechnut and chestnut[161]
Poisonous and non-poisonous snakes[173]
Plants poison to the touch[181]
Plants poison to the taste[185]
The white birch-tree makes a fine background for the beaver[191]
Blacktail deer snapped with a background of snow[193]
The skunk[195]
The porcupine stood in the shade but the background was light[197]
Photographing a woodcock from ambush[199]
The country through which you pass, with a trailer in the foreground[201]
Method of protecting roots to keep plants fresh while you carry them
to camp for photographing		[203]
A rowboat is a safer craft than a canoe[206]
Keep your body steady[208]
Canoeing on placid waters[210]
Bring your canoe up broadside to the shore[212]
How to use the paddle and a flat-bottomed rowboat[215]
The raft of logs[219]
Primitive weaving in raft building[221]
Learn to be at home in the water[225]
For dinner[229]
The veteran[231]
Bends in knot tying[235]
Figure eight knot[237]
Overhand bow-line knot[237]
Underhand bow-line knot[239]
Sheepshank knot[239]
Parcel slip-knot[241]
Cross-tie parcel knot[241]
Fisherman's knot[241]
The halter, slip-knot, and hitching-tie[243]
The fireman's lift[245]
Aids in "first aid"[247]
Restoring respiration[253]
When darkness closes in[259]
Wood-thrush[261]
Yellow-throated vireo[262]
Fire without matches[264]
Fire without the bow[267]