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Show To Build Fire in Rain It Is a good test of one's resourcefulness resource-fulness to make a fire out of doors In rainy weather. The best way to go about It depends upon local conditions. Dry fuel and a place to build a Hie can often be found under big, uptilt-ed uptilt-ed logo, shelving rocks, and similar natural shelters, or in the core of an old stump. In default of these, look for a dead softwood tree that lewis to the south. Chop off .some of tlie wood and the bark on the under side, split It fine, and build your fire under the shelter of the trunk. Horace Kephart, authority on camping. |