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How to Camp Out without a Tent.
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that will bake as well, if not better, than any new patented stove or range at home. To use it, build a fire inside and let it burn until the oven is thoroughly heated, then rake out all the coal and embers, put your dinner in and close up the front

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Fig. 112.Heating the Oven.

with the head of the barrel preserved for this purpose. The clay will remain hot for several hours and keep the inside of the oven hot enough to roast meat or bake bread.

If there be no bank convenient, or if you have no barrel with which to build this style of oven, there are other methods. that will answer for all the cooking necessary to a party of boys camping out. Many rare fish have I eaten in my time. The

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