A clean tomato can, free from rust, with the top removed, will make
A Fine Pail
for carrying water. You can make a hole in the tin, near the top on each side of the can, by hammering a good-sized wire nail through, and then form a handle to the pail by threading one end of a piece of twine through each hole and tying a large knot on the outside to prevent the string from sliding out of place ([Fig. 261]). When you need water in the camp, always go to the spring for it, and carry the water in the little tin pail.
It is not necessary to have a real
Camp Fire,
but you can pretend there is one. Drive two forked sticks in the ground a short distance from each other; lay a stout stick across from one to the other forked stick; then pile up some dry twigs midway between the stakes. Tie a strong cord on the centre of the cross stick, leaving one end long enough to loop down and under the handle of a pail or kettle and reach up and tie to the short end of the cord. You can put various things into the camp kettle and pretend to cook them over the make-believe fire ([Fig. 262]).
Fig. 262.—You can pretend to cook over the make-believe fire.