The Survival Handbook (by Ray Mears) [1990] Excerpts

 Hello Everyone !!!

Survival Kit :

Compass, whistle, waterproof matches, insect repellent, pocket knife, med-kit, crepe bandage, twine, honing steel, China-graph pencil.

Best Tinder for Fire :

Birch bark, bird nest, cattails, cedar bark, cherry bark, Clematis bark & down, cotton grass down, pine cones & needles, dry grass, old holly leaves, Honeysuckle bark, Oak bark, Thistle down & dry heads, Willowherb down, fat lighter, dead Bracken, Crampball fungus.

Fuel List :

a) Soft woods :--

Aldar, balsan, baswood, cedar, pines, spruce.

b) Best fuels :--

Apple, ash, birch, chestnut, hawthorn, holly, hornbeam, oak.

c) Green overnight :--

Ash, birch, beech, maple, oak. 

d) Others :-- 

Dried droppings of herbivores, fat-soaked bones, dried grass.


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