The Matasiso
Is a camp stove or fire-place, and a form of the so-called Altar Fire-place, the object of which is to save one's back while cooking. The matasiso is built up of stones or sods ([Fig. 126]) and used like any other campfire.
The Bank Lick
Is a camp stove which the boys of the troop of Boone Scouts, who frequented Bank Lick in old Kentucky, were wont to build and on it to cook the big channel catfish, or little pond bass or other food. The Bank Lick is made of flat stones and is one or two stories high ([Figs. 127] and [128]). The Boone Scouts flourished in Kenton County, Kentucky, fifty odd years ago.
The Altar Fire-place
Is built of logs ([Fig. 132]), of stones, of sod, or of logs filled with sods or stone ([Fig. 131]), and topped with clay (Figs. 130 and 132). The clay top being wider at one end than the other, on the plan of the well-known campfire ([Fig. 129]), is made with stones and sometimes used when clay is unobtainable.
