CHAPTER I.
GETTING READY.

The hope of encampment out that comes over one in early spring, the egg laying of plans and arrangement of details, is, I sometimes think, even as much gratifying than reality itself. As there is pleasure in this, let me advise you to give a practical turn to your anticipations.

Think over and decide whether you wish walk, sail, camp out in one place, or what you wish do; then discover what you can of the way you propose to go over, or the ground wherever you intend to camp for the season. If you think of moving through or encampment in places unknown to you, it is important to discover whether you can buy provisions and get lodgings on your route. See several one, if you can, who has been wherever you think of going, and put down in a notebook al