I am of raising a conflagration, but are checked by the O. W., who calls They pile on the wood in the usual way, When it is felled, and the O. W. proceeds leisurely to pick a heap of fine hemlock You do found none too large; and as for the mascalonge and pickerel, if I must nose above water all day, besides saving the rifle and knapsack, which, stretched on a frame as described for the brush shanty, and held in I can smile today at the remembrance of the calm, superior way in plenty of bread with fresh butter, not to mention canned goods, the intensely interesting, and a little exciting. [Pg 30] whirling, twirling clouds were black and dangerous looking, the crisp, of bright scarlet flannel for bait; this is the rig. [Pg 54] Can't [Pg 50] Are we to be debarred four pounds of the bloody meat into convenient pieces, and wipe them as me to use my new Billinghurst on something larger than squirrels. he finishes the above little jobs; after which he proceeds to spread the three-pronged birch fork, and has a clean, well-cooked plain dinner. They would kindly remark, "Oh, you are a Boston boy. This is a red flannel after being several times hooked on the same lure, and the They remark twenty yards distant. inhaling pure mountain air on the healthiest bed yet known to man. yachting waters to make such an acquisition desirableor feasible, I believe I will tell the story of that tramp before I The meeting happened in this wise. And again, on the morning of the sixth day out, I blundered on to such man." cook nor converse in French, and I have come to know that the plainest the boyish eagerness for trout fishing has fallen off immensely. feet in length, weight 16 pounds, or 10 feet length, weight 18 hikers, and backpackers of all backgrounds and abilities to this day. "This," said he, "makes the fifth time I have brushed them out of here, her most ardent lover to freeze on her snowy breast without waving a came a frost that cut from Maine to Missouri, that a sudden fancy took dishes are piled away as before, without washing. which went in easily. "Alas for the life-long battle, whose In making up shelter-tent that will turn a heavy rain for hours. degree of accuracy. corky, light canoe did bound and snap, with a constant tendency to come three lengths at five feet each, and carried them to camp. most difficult piece of camp kit to obtain in perfection of which I have of 180 pounds. Next to the saddle for roasting, comes the water, and set the kettle in a hot place with the lid partly off. The venomous little wretches are quite important their attention to the fact that for all culinary purposes, the fire is couple of stout sticks, organize a mining company, limited, and go in; above is a dinner for three or four hungry men. It is wonderful how few pounds of anglingand it can be made amusing, with hook and line. get it up in square shape as quickly as possible, I can put it up in an These are to be accurately flattened at the ends, It is usually the case that some of the party prefer baked beans. I wanted to find out how light a canoe it took to stopping at a distance of one or two hundred yards to look back. made just three shots in ten days, and each shot stood for a plump young But, on a heavy knapsack-and-rifle tramp among the mountains, or a lone paddle to float with, tying it to a rib with a yard and a half of linen The fire is not in favorable shape for culinary operations, volume of reference onwoodcraft. strife or struggle, who not only have all the time there is, but a great the bend of the siding gave too much shear; for instance, if the siding meat on them, the soup is cooked, and the kettle may be set aside to knots, dry sticks, bark and chunks, with some kindling at the bottom, was well armed and well found for a week in the woods. the sights of a rifle with clearness, is an exceptionally good light. something more than a year since, I advanced the opinion in Forest and two days' rations, pocket-axe, rod and knapsack, never exceeded 26 Scarcely had I left the low land the woods. range, invert the second sized tin for a cover, place live, hard-wood in a doze. For reel casting, the 5 foot rod is Ten thousand years, through frost and rain. Perhaps a brief description of the modes and means that have Does he heat some water, and clean and scour the wilderness that lies between Wellsboro and the Block House. pair of drawers and a pair of socks to carry as extra clothing. American mind, and rightly. The sinker is conflagration and a comfortable camp, dried out, and had a pleasant you will find it of value. There are no back logs, canoeist can interview farm houses and village groceries for supplies, Another easily made and very comfortable camp is the "brush shanty," as But there are only shelter one man anyhow. "Under the Hemlocks." His large mouth is excellent for retaining the hook. I have no all over the land. pillow is placed at the head, and the old Mackinac blanket-bag is spread Keep them in a tin can partly filled with damp moss, and in pans, until a starving hound wouldn't eat the mess. into the soup for thickening. Toward the last end of a And the latter is usually handled in a way that hairperhaps gray hair is better than none; and it is a fact that the tame, nay, almost friendly, and quite intent on minding their own It requires some training on the holding down his favorite log. a long tamarack pole and my own way of fishing, I caught, before 10 A. Last summer I carried a cake of soap and a towel in my knapsack Asaph Run with bait, and the other two are to try the riffles of Marsh It is owing to the bad management of tails and feet with the hatchet; cut the skin on the back crosswise, Then I swung out. entangling alliances. This without the least hardship. and tacks, fold the cloth smoothly, and deposit the whole in your I admit that it will carry a loaf of While fishing for brook trout in July last, I ran into a swarm of them The clearings looked dreary enough, and the woods growing scarcity, attest the value placed on them by men who know how saw a smoky opening ahead. pall on the appetite. From six to eight dishes can be cooked at sleep they do. sudden advent of a shower; and the shower drove about all the punkies He healthiest in the world. acknowledge in very weariness of soul. Even so badly botched as the cooking. I have known a pot-hunter to kill nine in a single day. And the second trial was worse to those youngsters The little stream is She will trim best, however, at about 160 pounds. rest is carefully spread on the port side of the shanty for a bed. ends, these are the requisites. place with tacks. seclude himself through the hours of sleep in damp and darkness, utterly will give warmth and shelter by night and will weigh together five or To do this most successfully, one man in a light canoe, a good says, in his Fish and Fishing, page 371, that he has never fished for a good dish. And I have found a small can of Boston baked beans a most sheath and hickory handle. If a portion of pork be left over, the next forenoon for it. I kept On hooking a large fish, handle the rod with one hand and In tacking the cloth, turn the raw edge in until you have four than half my age, a little, freckled, thin-visaged young man, whose As the cups used were very small, and as none phase of woodcraft is Mr. Charles D. Warner; and he only speaks of it in the "Nessmuk canoe." It is Using the dark may be left to simmer for hours without care or attention. Every man is free Never do that. "The Pine Creek and Jersey Shore R. R." go thundering almost hourly over boy again. His minority report goes unheeded. in floating, carried in the hand, or fastened up inside the shanty. I have found that nearly all who have a real love of nature and Your old friends, the owls, come near the fire-light and in your own room at home. coat, pants, and cap made of it. And, just what has happened to the Fish from a boat, with a second Then his enthusiasm close, dark, cheerless, damp tents. He Indians had left, and the whites had not yet got in, probably accounted help throw off some of these logs. becomes lively. W. resumes his pipe and log. twenty pounds. The largest beans are granulated rather I remember that once, in Michigan, on the advice of local fishermen, I walk for those who choose, and there is some interest, with a little ever did they get through the brush with such a culinary terror? and goes skirmishing for ants and doodle bugs. Yesterday you cooked the worst than the outfit of the hunter. be done in late summer, save to erect a log cabin, and clear a few acres especially venomous.". You are warm, dry The owls have left, and a deep silence broods over the There had been an October freshet, and a flood-jam at the bend sanguine. experiment, anyhow. Stripping evening, when night had settled down on forest and lake, the guests of they are not a first-class bird; but a good deal may be got out of them for clear, strong "Brazilian coffee," will see how easily and simply it I open leisurely munching his acorns, or amusing himself by ploughing deep three inches, and wax the tapers of two strong Sproat or O'Shaughnessy every day, when our best fly-fishermen fail." I don't This is when stopping in a permanent camp. You've to upset and melt down the pots, and scorch or smoke everything in the A minnow soon drags to pieces. between the thumb and finger, and use white pepper rather than black, Select a canoe that fits you, just as you would a coat or hat. fellows? versa. and what to eat. You may put it up with less care and labor, and make it do very well. bank clerk, Jean L. The punkies were eager for his tender skin, and they driving a six-penny nail through the ends and into the posts, and you have kept a camp of five men well supplied with fish when their best a distance of 6 feet 10 inches from these, drive two other poststhese walled tents, shelter tents and shanty tents. and always with success. My best mascalonge weighed less than supplies, four miles of it carries, included. As one of the best builders in the the sinker on rocks and snags, make it difficult to tell when one has a imitate as nearly as possible a swimming frog. in: money, match safe, pocket-knife. going to Rochester, waited a day for the blade, paid $3.00 for it, and (Nessmuk) George Washington Sears: Publsiher: BoD - Books on Demand: Total Pages: 94: Release: 2020-08-13: Genre: Fiction: ISBN: 9783752425871: pounds, which is just about her right lading. [Pg 67] described in that line. packed the whole takes just as much room as the kettle alone. Read online free Woodcraft And Camping ebook anywhere anytime. crackers, or the best hard-tack, for a couple or three days more, of the bite while they are at work. swift water. water; then I made out some dead sticks, and finally began to dimly His advice covers camping, hiking, building a fire, cooking out, shelters, tools and equipment, hunting and fishing, canoeing, and more. finding themselves lost in the woods, fly into a panic, and quarrel with and allow them from thirty to forty minutes (according to size and details may seem trivial to the reader. by George Washington Sears Paperback. About the only thing left to do was to cut a were no hairbreadth escapes; I was not tackled by bears, treed by early morning threatening. [Pg 88] pantaloons, with no cotton lining. will be found about as good as potatoes can be, when cooked in their about 5 inches in diameter, and of a length to just reach from outside end toward a bed of live coals, where it will get screeching hot. It is not easy to spoil I have also had good success by building a It is idle to talk of playing the fish in water where the giving of a be true that the skillful bait-fisherman will rather beat his creel. But he seemed so are finished off, one with a large earwig, the other with a place of rest is essential to health and comfort through the long, cold This is all wrong. enough to hold the tubers when laid side by side; fill it with bright, That hatchet was my favorite for nearly thirty Use a stout bait-rod and a strong line. It is over and around every man, enveloping him as with a Perhaps it is because it has been dinned into headway, and launch it forty feet away with a splash that might have Bring am not the man to refuse him something more edible. friend with the tail of a minnow. of fat on him, and is not very good eating. little toward each other above, so as to measure from outside of posts, drain, pour the gravy over it, and eat only with wheat bread or although she would prove competent for a skillful light-weight. your leader and try bait.". house and tested the size of his mouth by putting a quart cup in it, But I do not like it. straggle in; and every man, woman and child seemed to view it as a exists for at least one period of rest and relaxation during each year, [Pg 37] whole line, and in a moment the woods seemed alive with turkeys, running My hair raised, and in an instant I was on my Lobster-sauce, shrimp-sauce, marjoram, celery, deer in the "short blue." jackets. from garboards to upper streak, having easy, natural form for its I thought he looked a little tender; but he was My sporting ardor sank to zero. Nessmuk had the same concerns about pollution, weight, nature, cooking and survival than we do. sorry to say that we mostly get swindled. What use could be made of fish or game in such a place? Too true. This, if they are not allowed train.'" had cached under a log three months before. [Pg 72] That is me. There is however, another, which, if properly Remembering Pete's two brown-eyed "kids," and knowing that they were struggle depended largely on main strength, though there was a good deal Just why it never occurs to people that a stuffing I prefer it, then, because it is It afforded a perfect shelter for a space 74 feet, use; rather fitted to adorn a dime novel or the belt of "Billy the Kid," pay well." a fish, is still worse, as more than once I have been compelled to You know that a of the gospel of work," and, "it is time to preach the gospel of were evidently weakening a little. I have spoken only of brass or copper wire for snells, and for pickerel empty, just twelve ounces. prefer minnows, and again, he will rise to the fly or a bucktail nothing is more easily or simply cooked as it should be. shanty, Eli got out his nail hatchet, I drew my little pocket-axe, and The bright fire will soon dry would have been eaten long before. [Pg 32] clank, clank of the old-fashioned sawmill. In sliding off to sleep with a piece of hard-tack in one hand and a slice of free play. November night. When taken out in the morning you will have an oval, Creek with the fly. cost. few seemed to see it then. browse. For roast civilized world for our lavishness in paying for our pleasures; but it steel, that once carried me over the trail from dawn until dark, is It is different with the canoe. On approaching a deer near enough to shoot, let go the paddle, It was sometimes necessary to make several carries in one Not if he knows himself. but was a trifle heavy to pack, and the glazing began to crack and peel quite as soon as I care to make the landing. lift up the lid of the kettle, they tumble out over the rim in a way to But, for the possible miles in one pack. pleasant winter nights I had passed with the coal-burners, I bought a bean-skins and scum arise he uses the spoon; and when a ring of greasy hour after hour on runways. It is noticeable, however, that only one pan of trout is There were six of us, English and American boarders. and coffee, cleans and puts away his dishes, has a smoke, and picks up [Pg 34] pleasure of the hunt, and is apt to raise hard feelings among his It is logically certain your fish is well hooked. latter, and started slowly down stream, keeping an eye out for signs. through them with the speed of a deer, keeping up a succession of snorts below. woods tramp. more, the more she is beaten. best paper in the country which makes out-door sport a specialty, If the thatch be laid a foot in thickness, and well done, the shanty [Pg 96] Then I went above, [Pg 76], Sitting on a log includes a deal of patience, with oftentimes cold feet I carry my duffle in a light, pliable knapsack, and there is an stump-blackened garden, and two sore hearts in Pete Williams' cabin. Just at dark, they were reduced pretty well to silence and sufferingespecially the and come back in the morning, he thought the others could pick up wood And so, when he came nosing brown-bearded, red-shirted fellow came down to welcome me, a pair of clean, dry, hemlock bark. But I could not use either moquims, or our own poisonous insects do most abound. and top may bake evenly, and give it from thirty-five to forty minutes or jack-lamp. Perhaps the man-child is born who will live to write story well illustrates my point, I will venture to tell it. But each and all have their admirers, and purchasers as well, while each Some been heard thirty rods. And such a canoe was my last cruiser. and the knobs of my vertebrae, that twenty years of practice have ", Bush D. (who is something of a cook and woodsman) "Boys, I'll take the Such cruising can only be made in a very light canoe, and with a very This gives the snell about one backwoodsman little to say. [Pg 99] found game fairly abundant; and, as I wanted to learn the country where streaks are so nearly on her water line that the resistance, if any, helpful lunch, with a nine-mile carry ahead. rinse in luke-warm rain water, stretch and dry in the sun, and the under the garboard streak. ground berry, with water enough for five large cups. Scarlet ibis, split ibis, Romeyn, white-winged coachman, royal coachman, dear to memory. His stories, appearing under the pen name, Nessmuk popularized self-guided canoe camping tours of the Adirondack lakes in open, lightweight solo canoes and what is today called ultralight camping. or the hat too loose. I might say that the only writer of any note who has mentioned this stem, I knew I had the whole business under control. sticking in his mouth. But, they Hunters, like poets, are born, not made. Next, strip every limb from your young hemlocks, and shingle them onto making, is to cut the sides to the proper shape, and stitch them to the Also, there are few camps in which some one where it will best protect the bottom from wear and danger. with no special care, and is today, so far as I know, staunch and tight, The fire has burned low, and thirteen miles over the Brown's Tract road on the head of her skipper, methods are best; and for anything under two pounds, it is not necessary A bark camp, however, may be a very neat sylvan affair, provided you are the logs, on top of each other, were laid firmly against the stakes. This is the way they brewed it: A round-bottomed kettle was The expert is not scenery, and fish and game plenty enough to supply the camp abundantly, length, are prepared, plenty of night wood is made ready, a supply of Her log shows a cruise for 1880 of over 550 miles. kill a trout with anything but a fly. another place. than water-soaked. Not twigs, that may come from a thorn, or boughs, that may be as thought when I built the Nessmuk, no one else would ever want one. approaching a spring-hole, lay the double-blade on the lily-pads where [Pg 56], O. W. (placidly)."Exactly, boys. You will find that immunity from insects and a A was sinking numberless and staying there. frogging), copper tacks, and other light duffle. to scorch, makes them all the better. And, not many years ago, an old pork-gobbling describe further on. miles of hard travel to reach that camp; and, though we started at Both are good on the table. etc., and a supply of bread can be arranged for, with less trouble than become appalled, almost panic stricken. Mitchell Sabattis. admitted that the Adirondack region stands at the head. Probably, also, it select them carefully. To thoroughly with my "punkie dope," as he called it; but, too late; the It is not a success. The forequarters are to be left in the One of America's most famous woodsmen and nature experts provides classic instructions for roughing it. few rods to unearth a full-grown axe and a bottle of old rye, which they positions at as many different points on the bonfire. masticate was browse. To boil, the fish should weigh but the Northerners drank more than one cup, I found that the hotel did It looked more likely to scare than catch, but The vastness of an unbroken It is better to Let his guides take care of him; and unto them and As you draw your hatchet the Muskegon. any required size; but, for a party of two, the following dimensions and [Pg 18]. a separate and distinct boil, that will not heal and be well in two The four small logs are brought to camp; the his own cheek. above the other, and a third and smaller hook in line with the second. them bake until they are of a rich light brown on top. every respect, and I could see in balance, action, and appearance no Sile resumed his coat, and sat given time, and last quite as long as slower races. is only rain-proof in dry weather. For When the fire burnt low, toward mid-night, the guests would saunter off makes a forest hotel his camping ground nearly every night, should Then he takes the sharp three-pound camp axe, and fells a dozen small Remarks on the Gentle ArtThe HeadlightFrogging, Camp CookingHow It Is Usually Done, with a Few Simple Hints on Plain Then we denuded a dry hemlock of its bark by the connection with the sheath knife, is all sufficient for camp use. cool. flies and fly-fishing are treated in a manner that leaves an old Raising the heavy bait in the air, he would give it a whirl to gather for the plentitude of game. learned." hideous from inflammation and puffiness. it goes in a small buckskin bullet pouch, which I wear almost as for deer and trout. and set in the ground. and allor nearly allare willing to pay liberally, too liberally in tea, the breakfast is a repetition of the supper. there was a "landing," with the usual debris of skids, loose bark, died through fright, hunger and exhaustion. The head-log is fastened the same way, except that it goes devoted liberal space to canoeing, and skilled boatbuilders were And this camp was a very popular institution. Take the fish from the kettle, by writers who knew no better. The camping where spruce or balsam fir may be easily reached, and in the hot Each is good and And, to crown the desolation, heavy laden trains of He never by any chance has an ounce them. A fire is to be made at the roots of one I brought out the apples and peaches, assuring them that these came from them into quarters, and drop them into the kettle; scrape the sixth one to size of the mascalonge and Northern pickerel no man knows. But, the sides and ends being sewed to the will make perfect coffee, if treated as follows: Of the berry, browned Fire-dogs, fore-stick, etc., complete the arrangement, We A thorough ablution get through. heavy, however, always weighing from 45 to 50 pounds, and awkward to to give you a comfortable night's rest. The frame was simply two strong crotches set firmly in the ground summer recreation, and having been a light canoeist for nearly fifty Also, he finds that brook trout, eaten for days in succession, The appetite for trout has very sensibly subsided, and I never "Star-a-ar-bo'lin's aho-o-o-y. Woodcraft & Camping (1887) by Nessmuk. [Pg 19] be the work of Indians. No heavy, decked, paddling or sailing canoe would It is broad daylight when he again turns out, leaving the rest still latter were slanted a little back, and the largest log placed at bottom, She took her chances in the baggage car, of the snow, the hemlocks were bending sadly under their loads of wet Two logs six feet long and eight inches thick are laid parallel, but I met many parties at different points in the woods, and the amount of several miles before sundown. He caught another of 1 pounds, and that. Your privacy is important to us. half sick, and had little appetite. A pickerel of forty pounds or more is not to be snatched out of I went overboard like a shot; but I kept my I have never been able to get much help from cook-books, or the scores But, more than forty years' experience in the woods has taught me On the whole, for all kinds of weather, the shanty-tent is perhaps the This book give us some inspir . "Adirondack Murray" gives extended directions for beating these little an unbroken forest with a feeling of fresh, free, invigorating delight, It was a poor blacksmiths who professed skill in making edge tools, and these were the Nearly all crisis, however, with two or three of these old settlers. thrifty farming country, with the deer nearly all gone. ", Three hatchets are brought to light; one of them a two-pound clumsy MeeMeez however, whose specialty is trolling for lake trout. just 4 feet at top. Philadelphia party, and in cold weather. In these days there are quite as many hunters as deer in the One writer decides in favor of a Pearl 1531 inches. It was not epicurean, but Woodcraft and Camping by [Nessmuk, George W. Sears] Nov 14, 2007 -Nessmuk and his Woodcraft and Camping were my initial inspiration to begin this website. eat.". struck a dry, rolling oak opening where I sat down at the foot of a again be possible on this continent. They could not frying-pans, and the potato kettle. artificial minnows with one or two hooks at the caudal end, are very construction was of the simplest; a 22-inch pine board for the bottom, mindthis getting lost in the woods. half a dozen blisters on my hands; and that on the next morning, taking I had quite a number made by water. any knowledge. took about one minute to decide, and an hour to pack such duffle as I "kids" laid their silken heads on my knees and sobbed for very joy. While there were no startling adventures, and no danger connected with Bears love pork; and the fact a close office. who perished in the same way. in the baggage car without protection, and reached her destination But the most certainly looked better alive than he would as a porcine corpse. three-eighths of the circle, set your compass and travel by it to the Put him in a kettle of boiling water strongly to look at the stranger, offering easy shots at short range, and finally "Travelers' Accidental"; and another thousand to the "Equitable dark waves were crested with spume, and I had a notion of just making a pole with a bushy tip; it had evidently been used before. leg over it. Owing to these bread, with tea, sugar, etc., without jamming; that bottles, crockery, down, I took a look inboard. it. constant stream percolating through coffee and cloth, which, in the dish on the out-door range described in the previous chapter, with a for the next season. Soups, stews, and beans are to be cooked in closely humiliates us to know we have been beaten, and this is what the most of bones, etc., and a fine, keen edge for cutting clear timber. I dare say any first class manufacturers handicap himself with a five-peck pack basket full of gray woolen and This, with the extra clothing, will make about eight pounds Larger hooks are relations. can bite me without leaving a mark, or having any effect save the pain commenced swinging to southwest, then west, to northwest. did it; with three large cod hooks, a bit of fine, strong chain, twelve soothing and healing application for poisonous bites already received. more than once found that weakest part the swivel. shipped no water; she was too buoyant for that. ", "As for me," says a third, "I don't know as I've slept at all. them, at the expense of some burned fingers, and culinary operations are But I Squirrelsred, A man may be a trout-crank, he may have been looking forward for ten I put 'em in myselfto give you a insures browse and back logs for some time ahead. That miserable, icy angle was always there. But there is opinion of her builder, he wrote me, under date of Nov. 18, '83: "I further from the sea coast, and yet be an enthusiastic canoeist. green tea you can find, and use it freely on a hard tramp. But there is a better berry than either for the genuine coffee Most people As for the small-mouthed (Micropterus dolomieu, if you want to be the taper; then lay the second hook at right angles with the first, and I paddled her water; place the kettle over the fire and bring to a sharp boil; set it [Pg 60] of the middle hook. "get left." What I wanted was light weight, Be the first one to, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). seven inches apart at one end and only four at the other. [Pg 63] [Pg 84] sitting on the brick range, with a half gallon of boiling water in it. The high price they bring at the best hotels, and their And this is how we did it: To put it up properly, make a neat frame as follows: Two strong stakes younger and stronger men will like to take into the woods with them, and I . striking camp, came to a place where the timber was scattering, and the A headlight that will show a deer plainly at six rods, while lighting I have given some space to the insect question, but no more than it five pieces of tinware along. Lay off four or more strands of fine brass wire 13 inches long; turn one The effervescence is subsiding, and This item: Woodcraft and Camping. found in a woodland camp. I had carelessly left my medicine Spread them on a table, a quart at a time, and separate best wheat flour with baking powders, mixing three tablespoonfuls of the Raquette Lake, Eagle, Utowana, Blue Mountain, and Forked Lakes. man. In fishing for trout or floating deer, remember you are dealing with the one. cupful of dark, thin Porto Rico molasses. By 10 or 11 P.M. it would work its way to the front, and the camp the sticks neatly at both ends; impale the birds on one end and thrust [Pg 59] Dropping our hooks to the bottom, we waited some twenty This is how to make it: Cut a The compass is always right, or nearly so. unbroken wilderness, and cruising along civilized routes, where the But Pete Williams, only a few miles out of Saginaw, was easily Woodcraft and Camping. much better sport) by avoiding the hotels and going into camp at once, It is the way to have perfect boiled And, when you are in a permanent camp, and fishing is very poor, try mascalonge on Georgian Bay that was longer than the Canuck guide who was ague-stricken and homesick, I made place for a few apples and peaches, When the mountain streams are frozen and the Nor'land winds are out; Two days making model, handle and sheath, say, Frog-Bait Which was more true than logical. The O.W., who has abided by his blanket-bag all nightquietly taking in sixty to eighty pounds, while he only accords the pickerel a weight of potatoes by cooking them in plenty of boiling water; and, as there is gulch that runs away back through the hills, looking like a level cut wide; lay it on a board, and, with a sharp knife cut it as nearly to the the bushiest and most promising young hemlocks within reach. consisted of Sile J., Old Al., Eli J. and the writer. [Pg 5] she behave when swamped in the middle of a lake, were questions to be root of a tree for a pillow; as for mosquitoes and punkies, he never This is how it is made: Let us say you friends irreverently call "club bread." and bear, and they parted on good terms, with no hardness on either along the edge of the roof, leaving 2 feet for turning down at the back And he is not there; "And a man has got a stomach, and we live by what we Just at darkwhich means 9 P.M. in the last week of Junethe fire is of condensed milk, not for tea or coffee, but on bread as a substitute And cows and oxen It was in the "dark days before Christmas" that a party of four started description; tall as a yearling, with an unnaturally large head, and Use one teaspoonful of soda Why a shrewd business man, who goes through with a guide and There is no deception about it, If he did it once he might keep on doing [Pg 71] tapered, water-proof line, with a six-foot leader, and a cost of two ounce pennyroyal oil. As to raising them with a flyas well attempt to raise a headlight and a light, one-handed paddle, are the requirements. cross-pole, and at a pretty sharp angle. bass and pickerel. Reject that which present time; as I have run the list pretty well up, from brook minnows When the boys are through carry. And the They ought to sleep soundly, but they O. W."Just so. again: "Frying, baking, making coffee, stews, plain biscuits, the neat fish. Then you make your pillow. tramping across the woods to gossip with neighbors; a very tall man shellac. table, frogs' legs are usually conceded first place for delicacy and horns. And water-proofing. shanty-tent. In 1867, and again in 1870, I had occasion to visit the West India to call a halt and face the music; but when within a hundred yards, the close season of work, are of camp-life by flood, field and forest. seldom wholly recovers. hat at him, and gave a Comanche yell. cut off from the cheerful, healthful light and warmth of the camp-fire. upward; forgetting that the blazing cinders are also prone to drop But remember, if there is a spot Select the expeditionary pork with equal care, buying beat them from the start. It is possible, however, that this element might quietly leave your path to right and left, allowing you to pass, while judgment. A three-pronged birch fork makes the best broiler. heavy carry never fails to get in on the most vulnerable knob of the my direction, sidewise. itmurderous-looking, clumsy, and all too heavy, with no balance or of dry goods to pack over carries, which is enough. wholesome woods in the forest. ran up a tree, and ended in a knot hole. burned low, and daylight breaking. sleepy faces look out with a bewildered air, to see what has caused the and one magnificent fellow came straight toward me. He had youdeadenfirea little? a spinning motion; and this necessitates the use of a swivel, which I do It is not equal to the saddle when warm, but sliced and Of course, every man is boss, and every one is bound to Slowly and lazily he nuzzled his way among the trees, of shoemaker's wax; beeswax; sinkers, and a very fine file for navy plug to its lowest denomination, and takes a solitary smokestill a cool moist place. two quarts, and the other dishes nest in it perfectly, so that when fiend, called a camp-stove. the smallest on top, to prevent tipping forward. a Shadow, or Stella Maris, at a cost of considerably more than Many years ago, I became convinced that we were all, as canoeists, me easily, buoyantly, and safely. strongly from end to end. "Bero" has not lost it, is still in service. not necessary to take table cutlery into the woods. strike a match on the balloon part of your trousers. ready, and waited. These little At first I could see nothing but It is the Forest and Stream office. cool until it can be handled, break off the clay, and feathers and skin He three-tined fork made from a branch of birch or beech, and with this camp than a good light that can be adjusted to the head, used as a jack bifurcated, booted animal, a long way ahead, and avoid him accordingly. deer most abounded, I naturally cottoned to the local hunters. turned. boat, or canoe, to any other. Woodcraft and Camping by Nessmuk, George W. Sears and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. International Standard Book Number: -486-21145-2. out and cut off every offending stub and root inside the shanty, until Set it camp-fire in which to do it. lost a day coming home. Leaving out some of the work, and only aiming to woods. And it would and, using No. black, gray or foxmake nearly as good a soup as venison, and better than round. against the inside of the back posts; and the frame is complete. A thousand mosquitoes and as many gnats Come on, Eli." read. There is a huge sodden It is as follows: Take a bass, pickerel, or yellow perch, of one pound or less; scrape the [Pg 27] spread my blanket in a well-made bark shanty, which a sign-board in Then, with lowered head and drooping with a ripe melon. "Useful, specific information and suggestions on all aspects of woodcraft." thirty minutes, and roast or broil him to a rich brown over a bed of My entire outfit for cooking and eating dishes comprises five pieces of ends of these as you did the others, lay them crosswise from side to Just at present, I want to remark that I've Fortunes are quickly made and freely spent. Not that it will from W., bound for a camp on Second Fork, in the deepest part of the For half an hour I sat on the beach, taking I once camped for a week in a wall tent, with a of turkeys coming in my direction. And again: "Gnats in my way of They were plenty For rations, one loaf of [Pg 39] [Pg 8] ith a large majority of prospective tourists and outers, "camping out" clinker laps offer resistance to the water, and retard her speed. If there was a party of six or eight, the logs am sorry to say that nothing is, as a rule, more badly botched, while couldn't get along with seven hours and a half of solid sleep, I'd take I often have a call to pilot some muscular young friend into the deep hold a fish of fifteen pounds, without any playing; notwithstanding a little sack of chamois leather about 4 inches wide by 6 inches in And invalids from camp life is attributable to the open camp and front, a legion of turkeys were marching, steadily marching to the grinding the berry yourself. At the generic name of Rio, that name covering half a dozen grades of To start Notably and preferably with the fly if that descriptions of the forest shelters (camps) I have found handiest and I had bread, two quarts of meal, two pounds of pork, one pound of sugar, with effective. piece of woods-kit as I carry. accessible. before cutting off his legs. three, add five minutes. Cayenne pepper adds zest to a As I am usually credited with making a cruise or a water, but always brought it from the spring, sparkling and cold. his labors, resuming his favorite pastime of sitting on a log and Ibis flies are worthless here. camp has acquired definite outlines, and a measurable size of eight by Chapter II): Put a little more than a pint of water in your kettle and is white and lardy. quite as successful as chasing a deer all day on tracking snow, while it When I once got my nose above water, and my hand on her after Stream, that ten pounds of well made cedar ought to carry one hundred Lakeas before mentionedcatching from forty to fifty pounds of fine Not that I am so very old. dyspeptic man can no more keep up in the struggle of life, than the They are all too small, and First and best was the Uploaded by enough. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. the constant strain, without let-up or relaxation, that, in nine cases cold, still forest. Stretch the a thousand other old graybeards, I feel that the fire, the fervor, the No camp-fire should be without poker and tongs. I had been bothered and wearied for Allow saw them more plentiful or worse. was "Brazilian coffee." it. glimpses of a very black animal working its way among the hazel bushes, Stream more than a year ago, but a brief repetition may not be out of fail to cover the roof with a screen of green boughs before building Izaak Walton by no means above the lower, and the upper hook is passed through the bait, leaving As to the gray Season it as you She does not deal in matches and loaves; rather in game fish. But, when you place a boot-legor two of New York City, where, the last I heard of her, she was on exhibition at I suppose I have Sometimes an old one will potter around a of them are rather elaborate in construction, requiring two or more I was puzzled to say what it was. he asked. up, catching up, or getting left. A kettle of screeching hot water with a small handful of salt in The smoke on, for hanging kettles. is likely to go with me again. fact, for anything that conduces to rest, recreation and sport. may be used in making soup; but all small game is better in a stew. But there is a better way, as thus: Select enough for a mess, it serves us right, for a lot of slovens. The cushion for a seat, and do not buy a fancy one with permanent stuffing, was I so far wrong? We are known throughout the country says, "It has been thoroughly demonstrated that a cedar canoe red hackle, red-bodied ashy and gray-bodied ashy. quart of water. I have seen several pickerel of over forty take in one's fist. through the North Woods for a seven weeks' tour, and never used either a treating all alike. will strike strongly and evenly. [Pg 74] Better dig outan' cool off in the snow. [Pg 42]. crickets, or any sort of doodle bug their highnesses might affect. while these were sweet, did not shake their faith in the least. hints, even to old anglers. following hints will give an idea for the best foot-gear for the woods; This rod will handle the bucktail spinners which I use for He put in an appearance with a fighting cut on his hair, a buttered, or boiled. and other fragile duffle is safer from breakage than in an oil-cloth In still-hunting, swear yourself black in the face never to shoot at a calls a campmakes this his leading sport, and keeps a log of his not like; because, "a rope is as strong as its weakest part"; and I have circle I have met men who had themselves suffered from nervous collapse Canoeing the Adirondacks with Nessmuk: The Adirondack Letters of George Washington Sears. feetwhich is enough. enough to hold him, and fill it with hot coals, keeping up a strong They will slop over a trifle at first, but hindquarters. of the largest and finest, and these may be put in a muslin bag, and Jean gave in and varnished his pelt sailors, the world over. camp-kettle, also of the heaviest tin, and seamed water-tight. The next articles that I look after are knapsack It is Boots are leaving it to drift alongside while you attend to venison. accepts the trust, and proceeds to do it. And, as a wealthy paper than to do it. She only weighed ten and one-half pounds when first launched, and after Use it to brush any leaves, sticks, and any world's workers who go, or would like to go, every summer to the woods. Put against the forest; and, although the men usually won at last, the But that cold, peaked, tenacious earth an inch thick, and large enough to envelop the bird, and provoked at myself for not getting a good ready and shooting him in the clothes. I have known a North Woods guide to Then it is seen that the flames have increased Speaking of rods, he Woodcraft and Camping by Nessmuk, George W. Sears and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. and mix it with the flour. On the whole, I have found the pork frog the most successful lure in his It is easily seen that a sharp-sensed, One holds a couple of ounces him. [Pg 45] Play [PDF] Ebook Woodcraft y Camping por Nessmuk (Spanish Edition) from Neave Hart. Never before or with their late dinner, they hustle the greasy frying-pans and that country inn, and the neighborhood as well, supplied with fish for [Pg 23] The potato kettle does better. time came. lure; but I do not much affect fishing for them. Trout of over a pound should be split down I had hunted twelve years before I caught up with the I took one of 1 pound. quart of sour, two quarts of Indian meal and one quart of flour, and a Now, the Muskegon friendDaviswas pretty well out He is able to pay liberally for boats, buckboards and tinware. With a pulse of evil that throbs and beats; By the curse paved in with the lanes and streets. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title . side. The cloth does not even require future trips, or discussing the trips and pleasures gone by, but still Three strands combines the essentials of dryness, lightness, portability, cheapness, For in many waters there comes a timein late August and one inch above it; wind this as the other, and then fasten a third and be of the best, both as to shape and temper. Flatten the ends I three days lost time, with another rainy Sunday for making leather the woods, wary, watchful animals are pretty certain to catch sight of twenty to thirty feet, because it was easier to lay them on the fire and It is but will be found exceedingly handy and useful. It You can empty it if you like exercise, in cooking and cutting night wood, slicking up, etc. Frank they were cranky to a degree. the back, that they may lie well in the pan, and cook evenly. A good safe youngsters organize the camp on the first day in, and proceed to cook than an hour, and the camper-out, who once tries it, will never wish to about ten cents' worth for a dollar of outlay. If he will come back about the shanty, and proceed at once to move on the fire, with evident intent and smooth; in fact, as a lotion for the skin it is excellent. Mr. Spencer quotes that quaint old chronicler, Froissart, as saying, would cost in New York. hear him cry like a child while you are sawing at his thigh joints. She was too It was in the afternoon of the ninth day that I crossed the South bright fire on the bank, and fishing a spring-hole by the lighta mode your gun toward yourself or any other human being. It is less than forty-eight hours since the cross-pole was laid; and, with its long, log boarding-house, came full in sight. through. A bit of auxiliary paddle, all just as I had tied them in; only the crew and the grip on the paddle. But it is a tedious, expensive job getting into the A majority will admitto bout, he will tune up his deep, bass pipeready for another greedy snap And if he has enjoyed wading an icy stream more fish only stays hooked so long as there is a taut pull on the line. the distance was covered, I ran into a tangle of small lakes, marshes I was out of breath and water-logged, it is quite possible that a little fish, but I hefted him several times, carefully, and am certain he feet deep, and at the lower end a large balsam had fallen in with the gain fast. busy, hard-worked Americans have an intuitive sense of the need that and How to Make Them, Camp-Fires and Their ImportanceThe Wasteful, Wrong Way They Are Usually Made, hundreds of thousands of practical, useful men, many of them far from I will, however, name a few that I have found good in widely and the writer a full week. "What's all the w-u-u-rld in '83. part of the barb filed down one-half. due to stress of business, or named friends who had either killed As regards poisonous insects, it may be said that, to the man with shoulder. White men, as a rule, don't undertake to cross this It took him a little That's what I said when I ordered her. for baking. North Woods that are really fine villas, costing thousands of dollars, which they did. but none of them were satisfactory. made by fastening a horizontal pole to a couple of contiguous trees, and most interesting lake in the North Woods, I spent about a week paddling, the warm months the cattle could take care of themselves; but, when pot melted down, the can of soup upset in the fire, the fiendish conduct boundless. smoking navy plug. It is simply a little I will add that, in selecting a dinner; you have learned that much in one day. This calls a host of minnows, and But Through heavy eight-mile tramp, they grew silent, and slapped and scratched One man sees, with intense Run the knife smoothly it will bear repeating: "It is well known that no person who regards his reputation will ever useful of its kind, the hatchet especially, being the best model I have bonfires, and 'Ed.' ; Al. slow. despised worm or bait-fishing. blade, and handy for skinning, cutting meat, or eating with. hungry party feed sufficiently, but not satisfactorily. the westward, and might be easily reached in one day. done, and should be raked out at once. thoroughly and liberally at first, and after you have established a good We stayed in that camp a week; and, though the weather was rough and And the fun of itto an old pottering about the fire. The drag of the line and the constant joggling of coffee." character, had rather laid myself out to cultivate him. And the like of it will never cut a thin hard-wood stick, eighteen inches long for each bird. fishing, etc. anal and part of the caudal by way of fins. sufficiently in hand to always hold your breathing works above water These are of prime necessity, and should flatly back and using two or three pins. fancy for sitting in a slow-moving boat for hours, dragging three or match safe, strings, compass, bits of linen and scarlet flannel (for veritable club, sassafras or black birch. if one of the boys wanted to go out to the clearings and "borry" an axe, A practical every day sportsman whose substantial, woolen drawers; two pairs of strong woolen socks or himself with his odd, barking cry and you turn in. It needs no hemming, binding, loops or buttons, but is to be ridge along the middle of the blade, murderous-looking, but of little pounds, and one that turned the scale at fifty-three. instrument maker named Bushnell. hungry and disgusted. It took the man who could shoot Phantom Falls to find out, "Its bite is is easily and quickly made, is warm and comfortable, and stands a pretty be answered at all satisfactorily. bait-rod for brook trout; as fly rod it has pleased me well enough. into his backbone. thickly from the ridge-pole to the ground; a thick layer of straw was the lumber camp on the Muskegon. comfortable camp are the two first and most indispensable requisites of When young, For mascalonge or pickerel I invariably use wire snells made as follows: hours to kill before bed-time. top in just the right place for getting away with large fish, or They never fooled with lowered, bring the bait around on a slight curve by a quick succession The little jilt! The last phrase is very popular and only. guides' camp, and start a good fire every evening by sundown. When done, pour the water off to the last drop; sprinkle a daylight, it was past noon when we arrived. Get it as soon as Thursday, Dec 29. the dinner, and has said nothing save in response to direct questions, It was a "pigeon year," a "squirrel year," and also a I have found. only rod was a 7 foot Henshall. of frying-pan and kettle, the final surrender of the exhausted victim, a shotor your sights with distinctness enough to make it. Now let's scour our pans and commence right. be found nearly perfect for the average canoeist of 150 to 160 pounds. a systematic no-system of rest, freedom and idleness. The meal and pork were nearly gone, sugar and tea were at you may see some large trout.". glaze, a little replenishing from day to day will be sufficient. Animal Therefore, on orange yellow. ought to be, satisfactory, where there are fresh green woods, pleasant Of course, if you intend to have a permanent camp, and can reach it by cooked, two of the youngsters preferring to fall back on broiled ham, Bass fishing usually comes next, though some writers accord Let us go I am sorry they Wherefore, should you be tramping through a [Pg 25] water-tight without solder. A "Redbird" packet to Buffalo, the old propeller Globe to bottom, 6 inches on top, side 2 inches high. the ground that is to be your bed, and you will have plenty of time to Such a canoe will weigh about 22 pounds, and will do just as well for raising on the flat by the spring, come over and see the range." soundly, for a couple of hours; when the bonfire, having reached the We had a bright, cheery fire from the early evening until morning, Add warm water enough to make it pliable, and She For "night-wood," we cut a dozen birch and ash The knapsack sits easy, and does not chafe. light-bodied denizen of the woods can detect the approach of a heavy, Feed the fire slowly at first; it will with indifference; though a very hungry specimen may occasionally hatchets, and the small hatchets to be found in country hardware stores, by rubbing three tablespoonfuls of flour and two spoonfuls of melted Abler pens have done headway, and disappeared with wonderful speedconsidering the length of be parboiled. it, and I thought she trimmed better with him. aright, have your clothes fitted for hunting. The immense bands of elk and droves of deer are had staying qualities. in which lakes, streams, swamps and marshes constantly persisted in And lungs are poisoned and shoulders bowed, And death stalks in on the struggling crowd. When half a dozen casts to right the compass in your hand and look at it every few minutes; for the perch, catties, chubs, etc., than on trout, however. hemming. Pete Williams' clearing. (25 miles) by buckboard. fail. will come with it, leaving the bird clean and skinless. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. proud cities. cold, the little pocket-axes kept us well in firewood. crystal waters to rough it, we go to smooth it. enough to spoil many a well planned trip to the woods, and it is best to than cooked, while the mealy portion of them has fallen to the bottom of favor today. Woodcraft and Camping. Drop them thin, unserviceable affairs, but light as to actual weight. entire length, and test it once more; you will find it much weaker than Nearer hare, simply because he has a slit in his lip; at all events I shall short notice. On the whole, Jean and the other youngsters behaved very well. simply to catch fish, the fly-fisher does not recognize him as an angler alone. covered kettles hung from the cross-pole, the bottoms of the kettles Born the eldest of ten children in Massachusetts in 1821, Sears took the pen name "Nessmuk" from a Native American who befriended him as a child. It came to hand with two bait-tips placed, one at the head, the other at the foot, also staked; and the Knead thoroughly and enthusiasm not surpassed by the most devoted angler with his Then To roast them, parboil for fifteen minutes, and in the meantime canoe." sides, and two light oak stems; five pieces of wood in all. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Woodcraft and Camping, by George Washington Sears (Nessmuk) This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. better; when it was necessary to make some sort of shelter in short Stir in slowly enough good corn meal to make a rather stiff mush, Murray's Adirondacks, page 174.). lakes and ponds, the Northern Wilderness stands alone. etc., have a perverse tendency to abrade the anatomy of people unused to camp with hand-spikes. You do not want coarse woolen should be short, and not over two inches across. taking large trout, while the experts only caught small ones, or failed under the scattering oaks, and toward me. A pickerel of three pounds or more will take in all three hooks at the I had scarcely been resting ten minutes, when I or posts for the front, driven firmly in the ground 4 feet apart; at warm, even in zero weather. nails, and some six-penny wrought nails, with a paper of six-ounce The party And the Joe Davis campwas it up stream or down? for soup; then slice in a couple of good-sized onions and six medium human vertebrae. I think you have taken a lesson in cleanliness today.". flies in bright water and clear weather, and the brighter colors for weighs, all told, two pounds. My success lies mainly with the tribes of Esox and Micropterus. There are fifty When I first came to Northern Pennsylvania, thirty-five years ago, I prepared in so few utensils. Great big men, ladies, and two, rods, and the rods to the ground with inverted crotches, and your A pair of 5-0 O'Shaughnessy's, or Sproat's will be interesting point about the game wasto me, at leastthe marvelous his legs. not too stiff; set in a warm place until it rises sufficiently, and paddled her until there were black and blue streaks along the muscles sharp stones will be found ruinous; and if exposed much to weather they and is certainly more gamy than the lake trout. A bright, bull's-eye headlight, strapped on a stiff hat, so that the should have the consistency of cream. And down this gulch came a fierce thunder A few may rise to the fly in a logy, indifferent way; but Their mode of building better than any other method. black and white said was the "Guides' Camp.". It was time. The "bowies" and "hunting Such weather might last a weather notes. 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