CHAPTER III

HOW TO BUILD A FIRE

HOW TO LAY AND LIGHT A FIRE AN EXPERIENCE WITH TENDERFEET MODERN FEAR OF DOING MANUAL LABOR MATCHES FIRE-MAKERS AND BABYLONIANS THE PALPITATING HEART OF THE CAMP GUMMY FAGOTS OF THE PINE HOW TO MAKE A FIRE IN WET WEATHER BACKWOODSMEN'S FIRE THE NECESSITY OF SMALL KINDLING WOOD GOOD FIREWOOD ADVANTAGE OF SPLIT WOOD FIRE-DOGS HOW TO OPEN A KNIFE HOW TO WHITTLE; HOW TO SPLIT A STICK WITH A KNIFE BONFIRES AND COUNCIL FIRES CAMP MEETING TORCH FIRES EXPLODING STONES CHARACTER IN FIRE SLOW FIRES, SIGNAL FIRES AND SMUDGES