BOILING THE BILLY.

Shannon News, 11 January 1924, Page 4

BOILING THE BILLY.

of methylated spirit lamps, Itake a 'bottle of paraffin an a_ a lump of salt with you when on camping or picjiic e'xpe'ditibns. An excellent fire tor T?oiiing !i a kettle can be prepared Avitn these ; two articles. ' 'When the fire is needed dig a hole in the ground about a foot in depth and measuring at the top a little less than the diameter of the kettle. Now take 'a lump of salt about the size of an egg, 'place if at the bottom of the hole, saturate it"'with paraffin.and: ignite. The 'kettle must be 'placed'-so that a small' opemYig-isleft to j admit the air. 1 A fife heat will arise from the oil- ' soaked salt and will last) 'for tsomo- time. If a lum'p cannot be secured, powdered 'salf may; be'piled in a'tiniid and similarly' sdakred ! paraffin. Even in a wim#'position, or whore' everything is damp, it is possible to .boil a kettle'in thVihanner described. ', A rump of coke, or' any other similar Porous, material can be substituted for "the salt and similarly'impregnated-with '.paraffin. Precautions should be taken 1 jtq .keep the paraffin ls #cll'away from any food'tKat.m'ay : be caMed. . , 'lt is "a great'mistake* to?put a kettle *ri«hfc-down on to 1 an ! ordinary picme wood'fire. Placed in'-this''way,; the Water takes a long'while to boil, and qthe handle becomes so r it is : ,alm6si'impossible'toxoid'it. "The-xight way to 'sling'the 'kettle is to place'irso that it is jusfabove the hottest.part, of the flame. Into the , -ground .on either "side of the fire press -two'forked sticks about three feet in i height. Then cr6ssways'over these put a-stick,.passing, it through' the handle -, of the kettle. "When it is desnred to -remove the kettle it is • easy to take ~tlre ends of the crdss ' stick "without burning the Hands.