Packing and Portaging

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Dillon Wallace. Packing and Portaging

CHAPTER I. PACKING AND THE OUTFIT

CHAPTER II. THE CANOE AND ITS EQUIPMENT

CHAPTER III. CAMP EQUIPMENT FOR A CANOE TRIP

CHAPTER IV. PERSONAL EQUIPMENT

CHAPTER V. FOOD

CHAPTER VI. THE PORTAGE

CHAPTER VII. TRAVEL WITH SADDLE AND PACK ANIMALS

CHAPTER VIII. SADDLE AND PACK EQUIPMENT

CHAPTER IX. PERSONAL OUTFIT FOR THE SADDLE

CHAPTER X. ADJUSTING THE PACK

CHAPTER XI. SOME PRACTICAL HITCHES

THE CROSSTREE HITCH

THE CROSSTREE DIAMOND HITCH

THE UNITED STATES ARMY DIAMOND HITCH

THE ONE-MAN OR LIFTING HITCH

STIRRUP HITCH

THE SADDLE HITCH

HOW TO PACK A SICK OR INJURED MAN

CHAPTER XII. TRAVELING WITHOUT A PACK HORSE

CHAPTER XIII. AFOOT IN SUMMER

CHAPTER XIV. WITH SNOWSHOES AND TOBOGGAN

CHAPTER XV. WITH DOGS AND KOMATIK

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A SIXTEEN-FOOT canoe with a width of at least 33 inches and a depth of at least 12 inches will accommodate two men, an adequate camping outfit and a full ten weeks' provisions very nicely, and at the same time not lie too deep in the water. A fifteen-foot canoe, unless it has a beam of at least 35 inches and a depth of 12 inches or more, is unsuitable. Three men with their outfit and provisions will require an eighteen-foot canoe with a width of 35 inches or more and a depth of no less than 13 inches, or a seventeen-foot canoe with a width of 37 inches and 13 inches deep. The latter size is lighter by from ten to fifteen pounds than the former, while the displacement is about equal.

The best all-around canoe for cruising and hard usage is the canvas-covered cedar canoe. Both ribs and planking should be of cedar, and only full length planks should enter into the construction. Where short planking is used the canoe will sooner or later become hogged—that is, the ends will sag downward from the middle.

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To pack the outfit snugly, set the mixing pan into the frying pan, the handles of both pans folded, place the plates, one on top of the other, in the mixing pan, the cooking pot on top of these, and the coffee pot inside the cooking pot. The cups will fit in the coffee pot. The weight of this outfit complete is 51/2 pounds.

A waterproof canvas bag of proper size should be provided in which to pack the utensils. Forks and spoons, wrapped in a dish towel, will fit nicely in the canvas bag alongside the pots.

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