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English
1336
Wood was stacked, awkward trees and boulders removed, hammocks slung, and tents strengthened. In a word, Camp was established, and duties were assigned and accepted as though we expected to live on this Baltic island for years to come and the smallest detail of the Community life was important. WOOD WAS STACKED AWKWARD TREES AND BOULDERS REMOVED HAMMOCKS SLUNG AND TENTS STRENGTHENED IN A WORD CAMP WAS ESTABLISHED AND DUTIES WERE ASSIGNED AND ACCEPTED AS THOUGH WE EXPECTED TO LIVE ON THIS BALTIC ISLAND FOR YEARS TO COME AND THE SMALLEST DETAIL OF THE COMMUNITY LIFE WAS IMPORTANT
the impression was momentary, for that first breakfast in Camp permitted no divided attentions, and I dare swear that the porridge, the tea, the Swedish "flatbread," and the fried fish flavoured with points of frizzled bacon, were better than any meal eaten elsewhere that day in the whole world. The first clear day in a new camp is always a furiously busy one, and we soon dropped into the routine upon which in large measure the real comfort of every one depends. About the cooking-fire, greatly improved with stones from the shore, we built a high stockade consisting of upright poles thickly twined with branches, the roof lined with moss and lichen and weighted with rocks, and round the interior we made low wooden seats so that we could lie round the fire even in rain and eat our meals in peace. Paths, too, outlined themselves from tent to tent, from the bathing places and the landing stage, and a fair division of the island was decided upon between the quarters of the men and the women. UIRE EXPLANATION BUT THE IMPRESSION WAS MOMENTARY FOR THAT FIRST BREAKFAST IN CAMP PERMITTED NO DIVIDED ATTENTIONS AND I DARE SWEAR THAT THE PORRIDGE THE TEA THE SWEDISH FLAT BREAD AND THE FRIED FISH FLAVOURED WITH POINTS OF FRIZZLED BACON WERE BETTER THAN ANY MEAL EATEN ELSEWHERE THAT DAY IN THE WHOLE WORLD THE FIRST CLEAR DAY IN A NEW CAMP IS ALWAYS A FURIOUSLY BUSY ONE AND WE SOON DROPPED INTO THE ROUTINE UPON WHICH IN LARGE MEASURE THE REAL COMFORT OF EVERYONE DEPENDS ABOUT THE COOKING FIRE GREATLY IMPROVED WITH STONES FROM THE SHORE WE BUILT A HIGH STOCKADE CONSISTING OF UPRIGHT POLES THICKLY TWINED WITH BRANCHES THE ROOF LINED WITH MOSS AND LICHEN AND WEIGHTED WITH ROCKS AND ROUND THE INTERIOR WE MADE LOW WOODEN SEATS SO THAT WE COULD LIE ROUND THE FIRE EVEN IN RAIN AND EAT OUR MEALS IN PEACE PATHS TOO OUTLINED THEMSELVES FROM TENT TO TENT FROM THE BATHING PLACES AND THE LANDING STAGE AND A FAIR DIVISION OF THE ISLAND WAS DECIDED UPON BETWEEN THE QUARTERS OF THE MEN AND THE WOMEN
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