Here we may properly instruct the expectant tourist in this region in regard to such preparation. Every arrangement should be as simple as possible. A man needs only a stout flannel hunting shii-t, coarse and trustworthy trousers, woollen stockings, large hea^-y boots well saturated with a composition of beeswax and tallow, a soft felt hat or a cap, and strong buckskin gloves. A Avoman needs a stout flannel dress, over shortened crinoline, of short dimensions, with loops and buttons to adjust its length ;

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a hood and cape of the same material?, made so as to euvelop the head and bust, and Icuvc the arms free, woollen stockings, stont calfskin boots that cover the legs to the knee, well saturated with beeswax and tallow, and an india-rubber satchel for necessary toilet materials. Provisions, also, should be simple. Tlie hunters live chiefly on bread or crackers.

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and maple sugar. The usual preparation is a sufficient stock of Eoston crackers, pilot-bread, or common loaf-bread, butter, tea or coffee, pepper and salt, an ample quantity of maple sugar,--' and some salted pork, to use in frying or broiling fish, birds, and game. The utensils for cooking are a short-handled frying-pan, a broad and shallow tin pan, tin tea or coffee-

* Tlie h-M\\, or Sugar Maple (Acer saccharinum), abounds in all parts of the State of New York. It is a beautiful tree, often found from fifty to eighty feet in height, and the trnnk from two to three feet in diameter. From the sap, which flows abundantly in the f>pring, delicious sj-rup and excellent sugar are made. In the Upper Hudson region, the sap is procured by making a smaU incision with an axe, or a hole with an augur, into the body of the tree, into which a small tube or gutter is fttstened.