IN THE WILDS
CAMPING AND BUSHCRAFT IN NEW ZEALAND. By Arthur P. Harper, A. H. and A. W. Reed, Wellington. O name is better known among New Zealand climbers than that of Arthur P. Harper, and no man is better qualified to pass on helpful hints on camping and tramping. But it is possible to be qualified without being interesting, and Mr. Harper’s real achievement is that he holds the attention. His book is for
beginners, and has therefore hints on equipment, bush camps, and cautions about river crossings. His notes on supplies are good, even though the "new chum" is tempted to ask how one gets. the meat 30 feet high away from flies. Then for those trampers who rush by, head down and heels up, ever pushing on till late in the night, there is something to think about in the author’s insistence on a comfortable camp, for surely to-morrow’s progress depends on to-night’s rest. A chapter on weather wisdom quotes a shrewd warning-‘"Don’t worry about your barometer: it doesn’t affect the weather much on the West
Coast."
F.G.
F.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 339, 21 December 1945, Page 25
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182IN THE WILDS New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 339, 21 December 1945, Page 25
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