Woodcraft Book

Woodcraft is dedicated to the Grand Army of "Outers," as a pocket
volume of reference on woodcraft.

For brick and mortar breed filth and crime,
With a pulse of evil that throbs and beats;
And men are withered before their prime
By the curse paved in with the lanes and streets.

And lungs are poisoned and shoulders bowed,
In the smothering reek of mill and mine;
And death stalks in on the struggling crowd—
But he shuns the shadow of oak and pine.

—Nessmuk


Contents

• CHAPTER I. Overwork And Recreation—Outing And Outers—How To Do It, And Why They Miss It
• CHAPTER II. Knapsack, Hatchet, Knives, Tinware, Fishing Tackle, Rods, Ditty-bag
• CHAPTER III. Getting Lost—Camping Out—Roughing It Or Smoothing It—Insects—Camps, And How To Make Them
• CHAPTER IV. Campfires And Their Importance—The Wasteful Wrong Way They Are Usually Made, And The Right Way To Make Them
• CHAPTER V. Fishing, With And Without Flies—Some Tackle And Lures—Discursive Remarks On The Gentle Art—The Headlight—Frogging
• CHAPTER VI. Camp Cookery—How It Is Usually Done, With A Few Simple Hints On Plain Cooking—Cooking Fire And Outdoor Range
• CHAPTER VII. More Hints On Cooking, With Some Simple Receipts—Bread, Potatoes, Soups, Stews, Beans, Fish, Meat, Venison
• CHAPTER VIII. A Ten Days' Trip In The Wilderness—Going It Alone
• CHAPTER IX. The Light Canoe And Double Blade—Various Canoes For Various Canoeists—Reasons For Preferring The Clinker-Built Cedar
• CHAPTER X. Odds And Ends—Where To Go For An Outing—Why A Clinker?—Boughs And Browse