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CHAPTER I[1]
Overwork and Recreation—Outing and Outers—How to Do It, and Why They Miss It
CHAPTER II[6]
Knapsack, Hatchet, Knives, Tinware, Rods, Fishing Tackle, Ditty-Bag
CHAPTER III[13]
Getting Lost—Camping Out—Roughing It or Smoothing It—Insects—Camps, and How to Make Them
CHAPTER IV[28]
Camp-Fires and Their Importance—The Wasteful, Wrong Way They Are Usually Made, and the Right Way to Make Them
CHAPTER V[35]
Fishing, With and Without Flies—Some Tackle and Lures—Discursive Remarks on the Gentle Art—The Headlight—Frogging
CHAPTER VI[49]
Camp Cooking—How It Is Usually Done, with a Few Simple Hints on Plain Cooking—Cooking Fire and Out-Door Range
CHAPTER VII[62]
More Hints on Cooking, with Some Simple Receipts—Bread, Coffee, Potatoes, Soup, Stews, Beans, Fish, Meat, Venison
CHAPTER VIII[77]
A Ten Days' Trip in the Wilderness—Going It Alone
CHAPTER IX—CANOEING[87]
The Light Canoe and Double Blade—Various Canoes for Various Canoeists—Reasons for Preferring the Clinker-Built Cedar
CHAPTER X[95]
Odds and Ends—Where to go for an Outing—Why a Clinker?—Boughs and Browse
INDEX[103]

Illustrations

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"Nessmuk" [Frontispiece]
Knapsack and Ditty-Bag[7]
Hatchet and Knives[8]
Indian Camp[19]
Shanty-Tent and Camp-Fire[24]
Shanty-Tent Spread Out [26]
Camp-Fire as it Should Be Made [33]
Frog Bait [41]
Three-Hook Gang [41]
G. W. Hatchet [56]
Out-Door Cooking-Range [58]

Chapter I

OVERWORK AND RECREATION—OUTING AND OUTERS HOW TO DO IT, AND WHY THEY MISS IT