Subject: [Homestead] Nessmuk, was Crock Pot thread
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:54:20 -0400
On Oct 29, 2008, at 11:13 PM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:...
"... we got out the meal-bag and made drammach in the iron pan....
it is the chief stand-by of those who have taken to the heather."
(From Robert L. Stevens' 'Kidnapped')
This literary nugget reminded me of another book perhaps well known to
the present company:
Woodcraft and Camping
By Nessmuk
It appears that Dover republished it in 1963. Copies can be had via
bookfinder.com for less than $10. (The reversed title, "Camping and
Woodcraft", will lead you astray.)
This book was written a LONG time ago, when Uh Murrica was quite
wild, it seems, and hikers were MUCH stronger than I have ever been.
So it advises that when your ax handle breaks, simply cut a 4 to 5
inch ash tree down and whittle a new one. Topics covered are from the
whole range of subjects; packing, cooking, trapping and curing game,
building shelters, and so on.
As we hear more nowadays: Folks, don't try some of these things at home.
Roy
Who bought an unused Army surplus pick-axe head, and needs a handle.
Roy Morgan
k1lky AT earthlink.net
529 Cobb St.
Groton NY, 13073