1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

CHAPTER V

" Give me a lodge in some vast wilder- ness. "

Life in camp, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, In the mountains and by the sea or Inland lakes and rivers, has a peculiar charm, not the least of which Is found In the camp cookery. Epicures whose palates are tired of entrees and game In city restaurants, who fret and fume If their planked steak Is not to their liking, or If the after-dinner coffee has not the de- sired soupqon of chicory, will eat like lumbermen when fed upon camp ra- with never a word save of praise for the camp cook. Possibly It's a matter of environment ; for Mother Nature has a way of soothing tired nerves and of tickling jaded palates tions,

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