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How to Camp Out

Advice on camp gear, clothing, cooking, hiking, and other topics. Much of the book remains good and sensible advice today, but modern readers may be amused by Maj. Gould's few remarks on ladies, who "must be cared for more tenderly than men." - Summary by Sarah Jennings (2 hr 29 min)

Chapters

Preface

Getting Ready

Small Parties Travelling Afoot and Camping

Large Parties Afoot with Baggage-Wagon

Clothing

Stoves and Cooking-Utensils

Cooking

Marching

The Camp

Tents, Tent Poles and Pins

Miscellaneous.--General Advice

Diary

'How to Do It' by Rev. Edward Everett Hale, &c.

Hygienic Notes, by Dr. Elliott Coues, U.S.A.