WAKING A HOLIDAY CAMP.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1926, Page 21

WAKING A HOLIDAY CAMP.

If you possess a proper tent you will, of course, use it for your holiday home, but a serviceable shelter can be made with a heavy canvas sheet or a light tarpaulin. This can be set over some poles put up as shown in Fig. 1, and well stayed with the usual tent cords and runners. The camp fire is very important, and the place for it must be chosen with care. It is best in an open glade sufficiently far away from trees and hedges to prevent any risk of fire. The campfire must never be left unattended. Whenever you leave the camp, make

absolutely certain that the fire is out and quite cold. During the day a useful larder or camp store for food can be made from a long box suspended from a bough of a tree with cords, as shown in Fig. 3. This keeps the food out of the way of insects and field mice; but keep the lid closed or the birds will come after the food! A comfortable chair is easily made with four short poles driven into the ground and tied together as shown in Fig. 2; the seat and back are made by nailing slats of wood across the poles as shown in the same illustration. A good way to make a tripod for the stew pot is shown in use in Fig. 1. This and the other “equipment” could be made on the spot, thus saving a lot of trouble in carrying them to the “camp.”