(Dedication) TO

MISTRESS BOB

Who taught me some clever expedients of backwoods cookery that are lost arts wherever the old forest has been leveled.

FOREWORD.

The less a man carries in his pack, the more he must carry in his head.

A camper cannot go by recipe alone. It is best for him to carry sound general principles in his head, and recipes in his pocket.

The simpler the outfit, the more skill it takes to manage it, and the more pleasure one gets in his achievements.