I am not writing a cook book but only attempting to start the novice on his way as a camp chef, and if he succeeds in cooking in the open the dishes here described, he need not fear to tackle any culinary problem which conditions may make it necessary for him to solve.
CHAPTER VII
PACKING HORSES
- HOW TO MAKE A PACK HORSE OF YOUR OWN
- HOW TO MAKE AN APAREJO
- HOW TO MAKE A CINCHA
- HOW TO MAKE A LATIGO
- HOW TO THROW A DIAMOND HITCH
- HOW TO THROW A SQUAW HITCH
- HOW TO HITCH A HORSE IN OPEN LAND WITHOUT POST, TREE OR STICK OR STONE
- USE OF HOBBLES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM
- HOW THE TRAVOIS IS MADE AND USED
- BUFFALO BILL AND GENERAL MILES
- HOW TO THROW DOWN A SADDLE
- HOW TO THROW A SADDLE ON A HORSE
- HOW TO MOUNT A HORSE
- HOW TO KNOW A WESTERN HORSE
CHAPTER VII
PACKING HORSES
If one is going on a real camping excursion where one will need pack horses, one should, by all means, familiarize oneself with the proper method of packing a pack horse. This can be done in one's own cellar, attic or woodshed and without hiring a horse or keeping one for the purpose. The horse will be expensive enough when one needs it on the trail.
The drill in packing a horse should be taught in all scout camps, and all girl camps and all Y.M.C.A. camps, and all training camps; in fact, everywhere where anybody goes outdoors at all, or where anybody pretends to go outdoors; and after the tenderfeet have learned how to pack then it is the proper time to learn what to pack; consequently we put packing before outfitting, not the cart, but the pack before the horse, so to speak.