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Ask Adventure Albany, N. Y. (free) and start on foot, say from Northville or some town along the railroad up that way along Lake Champlain. Carry compass. Leave your revolver at home. Nothing there to worry about. Carry a .22 single-shot or repeating rifle, if you want. Get a hunting license, $1.10 from any city clerk, town clerk, where you start from. Best to have it. Carry ten-cent-store cooking and table ware. Get a light wire grid to cook on. You'll buy supplies where you start from, and your map will show towns ahead. You can buy ’most anything you'll need, and with your outfit will have a right good time. Camp almost anywhere, by woods, brooks, and carry some mosquito dope with you—mix one ounce of pennyroyal with three or four ounces of beef or mutton tallow (warm tallow till nearly melted and mix in the pennyroyal). I’d look into a book or two on camping out, and am enclosing list that you can pick from and order through any book-store. Fishing Along Snake River Ny ONG offers a wonderful oppor- tunity for a fishing-trip by auto, ac- cording to Mr. Middleton, one of our newer “A. A.” men: Question:—“This Summer my partner and I in- tend to make a fishing-trip of a few weeks along Snake River in the Jackson Hole country of north- ern Wyoming. We expect to motor through, camp- ing en route. A few years ago I made a hurried mo- tor trip through this territory and spent a wonder- ful morning along the Snake with a rod. 1, What is your opinion about the time of year and the locality? 2. Outside of fishing equipment what would you advise in the way of grub for a stay of three weeks on the ground? 3. Where should one write to get information on unfiled land in that territory; or can proved claims be bought right for a Summer camp? Any information or advice you feel disposed to offer will be surely appreciated.”—CHARLES A, Tuomas, Corunna, Ind. Answer, by Mr. Middleton :—I think that without doubt you have picked on an ideal vacation trip. 1. The time and location are all nght. In fact, any time between July 1 and Sept. 1 will find Wyoming streams at their best, as the high waters, usual in the Spring, have passed and the streams have got back to normal; and while I personally have never fished the Snake, I know that this stream, or any of its tributaries, furnishes excellent fishing. 2. The grub question is a hard one to answer. If I were outfitting myself for such a trip I’d go a little light, and replenish, according to our appetite, from time to time, at some of the small towns near; but try starting with the following: Coffee, 2 Ibs.; tea, 44 lb.; sugar, 5 lbs.; a dozen cans of milk, a 10-Ib. pail of lard, spuds, 20 lbs.; 14 side of bacon, 4 doz. packages of pancake flour, a 25-lb. sack of flour for quick bread and for rolling your fish in before frying; and use your own tastes as to canned goods, etc. As you are going by auto, you can take a few luxuries along. And remember, 187 you can always restock within a _ reasonable distance. 3. Write to U. S. Land Commissioner, Jackson, Wyo., for land open to entry. But did you know that a site for a Summer home can be leased from the government, who will also allow enough timber to build a Summer camp, at a very nominal price— from $12 to $20 per year? By doing this in a desir- able locality one would always have a camp to go to when vacation time came. If you are interested ask the U. S. Land Commissioner, at Jackson, re- garding it. If I can be of any further service, don’t hesitate to ask me. I sure envy you your trip, for I’m sure you'll have a royal time. What an A. B. Seaman Must Know EING a shellback is a lot more than just riding with the ship: Question: —“Would you kindly tell me what an A. B. seaman has to know and do? How do you box the compass and splice ropes? How to tie dif- ferent knots, and what they are used for?’ —F. D., Sduth Boston, Mass. P.S. If this goes into the Adventure, please do not mention my name. Answer, by Mr. B. Brown:—An A. B. seaman has to know how to ‘“‘hand, reef and steer” on a sailing- vessel. He must know every line in the ship and its leads; how to make any kind of a knot or splice, including splicing wire rope. Must be a good hand with the palm and needle and able to patch canvas. The requirements are not quite so onerous in a steamship, but the more he knows of all of these things, the better seaman he is, in any kind of a ship. It would be impossible in the limits of any letter to tell you how to make all of the knots and splices. Besides, it would require diagrams or pic- tures to enable you to understand. You can get all of this information out of ‘“Knotting and Splic- ing’ by Hasluck, price 50 cents, which you can get from the Rudder Publishing Co., Murray St., New York. “Boxing the compass” means merely naming all the points on a compass card in regular order, usually commencing at North and going around “‘with the sun.”’ Sport in the Bruce Peninsula eee? and fish that are worth going after: | Question:—‘‘A few months ago I came into pos- session of a piece of ground in Lindsay Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Can. Seeing your name among the list of those giving information in ‘‘Ask Adventure,” I would like to have your opinion in regard to hunting, fishing and trapping in the upper part of Bruce County. This ground lies on a road between Lindsay and St. Edmonds Townships and about the center of the peninsula (Bruce). » I would be very grateful to you if you answer the following questions: 1. What kind of game is to be found there? 2. Is fishing any good in the inland lakes and streams in this region? DOOLK (©