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Always leave at least one day's supply of GOOD fuel in every camp. Perhaps you came in during a rain; possibly the next fellow will. Wood lying on the ground is usually rotten and makes very poor fuel. Down-wood that breaks with a loud snap is good, but generally an axe (not a hatchet) is required to obtain fuel.

Extinguish all fires before leaving, even in stoves.

Be careful of lunch fires. Never build against a log, nor on the leaves (brush a four-foot circle clear first), nor on humus, especially in pine woods (make a foundation of stones after digging away dry humus), for the very ground will burn in the woods when dry, smouldering in under and coming up rods away, days later. Be very careful of cigarette stubs and pipe dottle. Do not waste wood by building bonfires. Others are coming and will need wood near the lodges. Do not deface trees, especially white birch. You would not want your own front yard despoiled. Do not deface camps, for the same reason. You do not care to see your guests' names written on your parlor walls. Register in the book provided and leave it hanging up.

If, on breaking camp, you desire to leave surplus food behind, put it in suitable closed containers and avoid leaving anything perishable. Leave ALL dishes in camp clean and hung up. You may not find them that way, for we still have some Trail Hogs and some hedgehogs: both are pests. Kill hedgehogs on sight and remove their bodies so they will not create a nuisance. The law forbids the killing of Trail Hogs, but encourages us

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to slay hedgehogs, which do great damage to the trees and lodges. Carefully avoid pollution of water, especially in disposing of garbage and dishwater. The old-timer is neat; the greenhorn is messy; be an old-timer. Keep camp neat, leave it in good order. And the last and greatest law is: SHOW HOSPITALITY. If you are in camp and another party comes in late, help them, and make room for them cheerfully. Probably they hated to see you there; make them glad they found you.

AXES AND MATCHES ARE NECESSARY ON THE TRAIL. BUT USE THEM WITH CARE

The GREEN MOUNTAINS

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VERMONT

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A Hearty Welcome Awaits You

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Hundreds of peaks with altitudes of 2000 feet or more. Cool, accessible and abundantly wooded, a climb to the summit of any one of them brings delight to the heart of a lover of Nature.

For maps, lists of camps, cottages, boarding houses and hotels or for illustrated booklet, address

VERMONT BUREAU OF PUBLICITY

Dept. L. T. Secretary of State's Office

MONTPELIER, VERMONT