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ect to using your pocket-knife. One dinner fork, not silver. One teaspoon, not silver. One plate, may be of aluminum or tin, can be kept bright by scouring with soap and earth. Two warm wool double blankets, closely woven and of good size. The U.S. Army blankets are of the best. With safety-pins blankets can be turned into sleeping-bags and hammocks. One poncho, light in weight to wear over shoulders, spread on ground rubber side down to protect from dampness, can be used in various ways. One pillow-bag. One mattress-bag. One water-proof match-safe. One belt hatchet in case, or belt sheath small axe, for chopping wood and felling small trees, but, be very careful when using either of these tools. Before going to camp find some one who can give you proper instructions in handling one or both, and practise carefully following directions. Be very _cautious_ and go slow until you become an expert. Outdoor books and magazines should be consulted for information, and if you do not feel absolutely confident of your ability to use the hatchet or axe after practising, _do not take them with you_. For the sake of others as well as yourself, you have not the right to take chances of injuring either others or yourself through inability to use safely any tool. Do not attempt to use a regular-sized axe, it is very dangerous. One guide told me that after a tenderfoot chopped a cruel gash nearly through his foot when using the guide's axe, that axe was never again loaned, but kept in a safe place and not allowed to be touched by any one except the owner. =Check List for First Aid= One hot-water bag, good for all pains and aches, and a comfort when one is chilly. One package pure ginger pulverized or ground, to make hot ginger tea in case of chill, pains in the bowels, or when you have met with an accidental ducking or are wet through to the skin by rain. Never mind if the tea does burn, ginger always stings when helping one. Be a good sport, take yo
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