NOTE OF THE AUTHOR OR CO-AUTHOR!
SURVIVAL NOTES ADD ON

THE FOLLOWING IS A SERIE OF MISCELENOUS ARTICLES WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED
LATER IN THEIR PROPER FILE, I HAVE UPLOADED THEM ONLY AS AN ADD ON!
SO BARE WITH ME WHILE I KEEP ON WORKING ON THIS SURVIVAL BIBLE BOOK
THIS NOTE IS FROM 15 FEB 95. MORE TO COME EVEN IN HYPER TEXT!

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BED BUGS OFF:

To get rid of them once and for all is to mix a glass of alcohol,
half an ounce of spirits of turpentine and half an ounce of
powdered camphor. Rub this preparation everywhere there are
bedbugs and they will disappear completely.

HOW TO PRESERVE EGGS:

The best time to preserve eggs is August or September. The eggs
must be very fresh even of the same day if possible. The eggs are
placed in a cask containing crumbled fodder, allowed to tool and
then covered completely.

This will keep the eggs fresh for months. If you want to keep
them for more than a year, place the eggs in earthware crock &
cover them with a 10% lime solution. Cover tightly to keep the
air out and store in the wine cellar.

TO FILE OR NOT:

Make sure that File trick is in your survival kit for its many uses,
sharpening bones and wood etc. a small one used by women in knife
shape would do it, and maybe it can be sharpened in 2 side to make
a surgeon or butcher knife to check it out.**

TRICK ON BBQ COAL FIRE FASTER:

On top of the BBQ put a big juice tin can which you have removed
the top and bottom it will act as funnel or chimney and get your
fire going hot a lot quick-her for her and you too!

FIRE STARTERS:

Friendly but ugly By: Jim Armstrong

For all you campers who are environmentally conscious, here are
instructions for the ugliest but the absolute best fire starters.

Use old paper egg cartons, stuff till full with dryer lint (you
know, the greyish blue stuff), then melt old candles and pour wax
over.

Leave to cool and dry and then rip the little cups apart. You
have 12 fire-starters that will help you light any type of wood.
Just throw one in and light the edge. Told you they were ugly!!
Not a good gift.

HOME REMEDY:

Aborigines in Australia plaster their cuts with spider web,
someone remarked that there was a relation between the glutinous
web and penicillin.

So if you cut yourself even deeply and you see between some roots
etc. a big web pick them up with a stick and roll them into a
ball and pack them into the wound with a tampon of shirt.

(***note of the co-author Right now I have not tested this
information but it might be worthwhile to do so should you be in
a real jam and have no penicillin to put into an infected wound,
better try and let you or others die without it.***)

2ND HOME REMEDY TRICK VIA CUTS:

Here in N. America or wherever you can find it, when you cut
yourself you could use that trick too but also use the "**sapin
baumier" to stick or stitch your wound together and it heals
quite faster than anything else.

HUNTING TRICK TO HEAR AFAR:

Many years ago our Indian forefathers had a method of listening
to sound which the naked ear could not pick up. They scraped a
hollow into the ground then cupped their ear to the ground.

They heard the soundless movements of animals and miles away they
heard the restlessness of the buffalo and the distant hoof-beats
of a rider.

OLD RECIPE AGAINST BURNS:

Take a lot of egg whites beaten with oil and finely grated
potatoes. The egg whites are applied very gently to the injured
area and reapplied each time the preparation dries. After this,
plasters made of grated raw potatoes should be applied to reduce
the inflammation and relieve the pain.

SCARRING PREVENTION:

The best remedy is the bark of the Tepezcohite **pix needed tree,
which must be placed on the burned area. NB Unfortunately the how
to proceed is missing, maybe someone could tell us more, this
recipe came from the Mexico area, so maybe some good brujo could
help.

ONION TO SLEEP:

Cutting an onion, leaving it open on the table for 1/2 hour, then
smelling for a minute will put you to sleep in a jiffy.

At least this is what my friend tells me, well it don't cost
nothing to try and maybe stop you from a restless night and this
without using any sleeping pill.

RESTING A LOT HELP A LOT:

In Survival situation, taking it easy is the best policy.
Stopping frequently to catch your breath even sitting down for a
minute or 2 no more is enough to carry you on for a long time.

The key is to stop frequently when you do heavy exercises for
example carrying heavy burdens. Set yourself short goals to
reach, then stop and start over again.

The folly of forced march can not be over emphasise. Don't do
them unless the dearest emergency. For it you meet troubles or
expect troubles you should meet it fresh. Tired men make mistakes
of judgement and timing. Weary bodies fall easy prey to the
parasitic infections of the wild valleys.

THIRST & MARCHING ON:

When walking on a long stretch beside resting a lot, one should
be careful of his drinking habit, as you walk rinse your mouth
with water then spit the residue out, it is another lesson in the
syllabus of survival. A tired man can not march with liquid slopping
around in his stomach.

PLASTIC ROPE TRICK:

Plastic rope can be used for shoes laces, insuring you to have at
all times a rope for many usage, tying up whatever you want, from
hooks to bones to tent etc., as fishing line or as snares etc.
Beside burning and giving a high heat, the rope does not rot and
it can be unravelled to make longer rope as need comes along.

So MAKE SURE you have it with you, in your survival kit and
specially replacing your normal hiking boot laces, use a yellow
colour one so that it can also be used as markers on a trail.

BASIC SHELTER REQUIREMENTS:

They are relatively easy to build if one has just a little
knowledge of their construction. All of them are made from
usually abundant materials at hand.

Dead branches and saplings are employed to make the frames,
shorter sticks and branches form the roof latticework and wet
leaves, snow, ferns, or just plain dirt can be used to seal out
the elements. As with all other aspects of survival, "image-in-nation"
and ingenuity are the keys to success.

COLD NOTES ADDITION NOT ADDICKTION:

COLD WEATHER IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST COMMON LIFE THREATENING
CONDITION ANYONE IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION WILL FACE.

WIND & FREEZING TEMPERATURES HAVE CAUSE THE DEATHS OF MORE
WOODSMEN THAN ALL OTHER FACTORS COMBINED:

PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE AVERAGE OUTDOOR RECREATIONIST IS UNPREPARED
TO WEATHER A WINTER STORM.

NEARLY ALL COLD WEATHER FATALITIES OCCUR AMONG SPORT HUNTERS:

A group form whom taking to wilderness without proper clothing,
preparation, or training is almost traditional...

In a study conducted by the NRA in 1978 it was determined that
the person least like to survive in extended stay in the
wilderness was the armed sport hunter.

Wet, rainy weather can be every bit as dangerous as freezing
weather, even though temperatures may be well above freezing.

A cold downpour on a sixty degree day will literally wash away
its victim's body heat, leaving him wet, cold and ill prepared
for the sudden drop in temperature that's SURE to come after the
sun sets.

Most experienced woodsmen agree that the BEST CLOTHING FOR
RETAINING BODY HEAT IN WET WEATHER IS MADE FROM WOOL.

Goretex helps to keep you dry. Thinsulate will keep you warm when
you are dry, but ONLY WOOL will keep you warm when you are soaking wet.

Snow in and of itself is probably the LEAST THREATENING weather
condition. In fact a 20 degree day with snow on the ground will
seem noticeably warmer than the same day without snow.

The same insulating qualities that make a snow filled forest so
quiet will also make it feel warmer.

Snow can actually be used to protect oneself against the dangers
of cold weather, because it is abundant, easy to work with and
entirely effective for manufacturing windproof walls and roofs.

The MOST SERIOUS DANGER from the snow it its BRIGHTNESS, which
causes a debilitating -if temporary- affliction known as "snow
blindness" especially in bright sunlight.

Snow blindness should ALWAYS BE GUARDED AGAINST BY WEARING
SUNGLASSES or a brimmed hat to shade the eyes. If neither is
available, fashion emergency goggles by tying around your head a
broad strip of Birch bark with narrow slits cut into it.

On the other side, the sun can be as dangerous as any other
weather condition. Prolonged exposure to a hot sun can cause
dehydration, heat exhaustion and finally heat stroke.

Just as hot is the opposite of cold, so are the requirements of a
hot weather shelter the opposite of the cold weather shelter.
Where the cold weather shelter needs dead air to retain the
user's body heat, the hot weather shelter needs to breather and
have as much air circulation as possible.

HOT SHELTERS:

An effective hot weather shelter can be made simply by erecting a
sloped light-proof roof over a frame, leaving the sides, front
and back open to allow any air currents to pass unobstructed. The
space blanket works very well here.

The roof should face south to keep out as much sun as possible,
and travelling through open country MUST be restricted to the
hours between dusk and dawn.

The shade provided by the roof will be approximately 10 degrees
cooler than the outside temperature and should be comfortable
enough to allow the survivalist to sleep throughout the heat of
the day. Perspiration wastes water.

COLD SHELTERS:

A thick, insulating bed is ABSOLUTELY VITAL IN COLD WEATHER and
is even a good idea on a summer night. The earth is the world's
best heat sink and it will absorb a human's body heat faster than
it can be generated, resulting in hypothermia that can range from
mild to life threatening.

WINTER BEDS:

They need not to be fancy or difficult to make. My own favourite
winter bed is made from lengths of dead poplar or cottonwood
logs. When these short-lived softwoods die the tops break off in
the wind, leaving sections of the trunk sticking above the winter
hard-pack.

These dead trunks are easy to break off and several of them laid
side by side on the snow with a thick covering of pine boughs
will provide as much insulation from the ground as possible.

WINTER FIRE OFF THE GROUND:

Building a fire on a similar platform next to the bed will allow
you to keep warm while sleeping outside in clear weather. If one
is travelling and can avoid building a shelter at the end of the
day's trek, why waste the effort?

FIRE HARNESSING & REFLECTORS:

Fire is one of the survivalist's best friends. It allow him to
cook his food, light the darkness and most important to keep
warm. But there is more to keeping warm than just lighting a
fire. you need to harness as much heat from the flames as
possible.

Sitting in front of blazing fire in subzero weather will keep
only the front of the body warm.

PERFORMANCE:

To BE AS EFFECTIVE a heater as possible the warmth of the flames
needs to be focused through the use of a reflector, either a
natural feature or one erected by the survivalist himself.

A rock cliff or dirt bank makes an excellent reflector as does a
space blanket suspended vertically on two poles.

Place your body between the reflector and the fire. Direct heat
from the flames will warm the portion of you body facing the fire
while reflected heat from behind will warm the other side.

(The principle is the same as that used in convection oven). For
maximum heat reflection, place reflectors on 3 or 4 sides of the
fire. Additional reflectors can be made from a dense latticework
of branches stood on end to form a wall and stationed a minimum
of 4 feet from the flames.

A fire used to heat a shelter should be positioned directly in
front of the shelter entrance, about 4 feet away, and surrounded
on 3 sides by reflectors.

The reflectors will impede the circulation of cold outside air
and focus the heat from the fire directly on the door of the
shelter. With this configuration, the stranded woodsman on a
thick insulation bed inside the shelter will be comfortable even
in a subzero blizzard.

Snow in and of itself is probably the LEAST THREATENING weather
condition. In fact a 20 degree day with snow on the ground will
seem noticeably warmer than the same day without snow.

The same insulating qualities that make a snow filled forest so
quiet will also make it feel warmer.

Snow can actually be used to protect oneself against the dangers
of cold weather, because it is abundant, easy to work with and
entirely effective for manufacturing windproof walls and roofs.

STENCH OFF:

To get rid of foul odour an old trick was to burn sugar on a
burning charcoal or other appropriate means.

SURVIVAL VEST 2001:

Rough riders in Calgary stampede shows are now more and more
wearing a new protection vest against horses and bull kicks which
has proven itself as extremely effective, the thing to remember
is that it must be done in conjunction with an under padding made
of foam same type we see for sleeping bush mattress. ***** To
investigate further.

But the combination of both does the trick and you can get in
tough situation with hardly a bruise but to your pride.

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