Quotes from Horace Kephart

In the school of the woods, there is no graduation day.

The man with the knapsack is never lost. No matter whither he may stray, his food and shelter are right with him, and home is wherever he may choose to stop.

It is one of the blessings of wilderness life that it shows us how few things we need in order to be perfectly happy.

The man who goes afoot, prepared to camp anywhere and in any weather, is the most independent fellow on earth.

The hemlock tree is named spruce-pine, while spruce is he-balsam, balsam itself is she-balsam, laurel is ivy, and rhododendron is laurel.

Grant that on this voyage we may frequently kill bears, as they may be crossing the Scioto and Sandusky.

The scrotum of a buck, tanned with the hair on, makes a good tobacco-pouch.

You may loan your last dollar to a friend; but never loan him your axe, unless you are certain that he knows how to use it.

The bite of a mad dog, wolf, skunk, or other animal subject to rabies, requires instant and heroic treatment. Immediately twist a tourniquet very tight above the wound, and then cut out the whole wound with a knife, or cauterize it to the bottom with a hot iron; then drink enough whiskey to counteract the shock.*

The following recipe is from Abercrombie & Fitch s catalogue: "Skin and clean carefully four muskrats, being particular not to rupture musk or gall sac.

The highlander's word "furriner" means to him what ???????? did to an ancient Greek.

To equip a pedestrian with shelter, bedding, utensils, food, and other necessities, in a pack so light and small that he can carry it without overstrain, is really a fine art.