Spring Scout on Salt Creek. A Link to Mad Anne's blog.

http://madannebailey.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/spring-scout-on-salt-creek.html

Sally Hemming.

18th Century Layers. A video link.

I think this is the best example showing the various layers of a Lady's clothing in the mid 18th century. The embed has unfortunately been disabled, so I can only supply a link.

http://youtu.be/2pw-AVf6lFw

18th Century Historical Trekking. PART TWO. VIDEO.

Survival.

As you all know I have a strong interest in survival without getting parranoid. It is my belief that if TEOTWAWKI ever happens, we 18th century living historians stand the best chance of survival outside of a bunker situation. I follow certain blogs & contribute to certain survival forums, & recently came across the following warning. Take it with a pinch of salt if you will, but probably worth looking at just the same.

http://www.apocalypticpost.com/2011/05/apocalyptic-forecast-sunny-with-chance.html

The Angry Pheasant. Off Topic? Maybe.

Found Here: http://milkweedandteasel.blogspot.com/2011/05/angry-pheasant.html

18th Century Historical Trekking. A Video, PART ONE.

Military Practice.

My thanks to Flintlock & Tomahawk for this video:  http://flintlockandtomahawk.blogspot.com/

Back on line!!

I have changed my email provider from Gmail to Yahoo so I am back on line again. Sorry about the distruption. I guess I will still have to look at getting a new blog provider however, as I can still only work from my dashboard!
First thing I found today was this promotion!

Red Alerts: The American Survival Blog

 

Making 18th Century “Spunks”


Posted on May 24, 2011 by Rob Taylor


Spunks were sulphur matches popular in days gone by. They allowed a person living under “primitive” conditions to more easily create, transport and utilize fire. The process is fairly simple and needs nothing more than some slivers of wood and some sulphur, which you can buy in bulk on Amazon.

The video feature Le Loup of A Woodsrunner’s Diary. If you aren’t reading his blog you’re cheating yourself.

My thanks to Rob Taylor for this: http://www.red-alerts.com/survival-skills/making-18th-century-spunks/

Unable to Answer!!!

I am making this post, I hope, through my dashboard. I am no longer able to sign into IGoogle, Gmail or Blogger, so I will not be recieving email notifications regarding your relies of questions.
This problem has been slowly getting worse, & I have been having trouble signing into Gmail & Blogger for about 12 months now. Finally I can not now sign in at all.
This means that I may have to install a different home page, email & blog. If this happens I will try & contact you all through here if I can.
Regards to all. Keith aka Le Loup.

A Research link at The 18th Century Blog.

http://the18thcenturyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/internet-library-of-early-journals.html?showComment=1306134845654#c6871946398050193850

A Sample from January 1731.

The First Australians.

Primitive Skills DVD.

I had a phone call from a chap in West Australia a while back saying that he had heard of me but had no computor to view my videos, & could I please produce a skills video for him. Well I have, & can just about fit all my videos on one DVD. I gave him a price of $10.00 off the top of my head, & he seemed pleased with that. So the outcome is that I can now offer these videos for sale if anyone is interested.

Observation. Pay more attention to your surroundings.

When I went for a walk the other day looking for roo dung to use as tinder, I took my camera along. As I wandered along a trail I wondered how much the average person would actually see, & having seen it would they know what they were looking at? So I took some pics of good places to set up a shelter easily using fallen trees etc, plus a shot of the trail. Trails are easy to spot if you know what you are looking for, but animal trails in the woods are generally not marked by cleared ground. They may have a slight depression, & the forest leaves will be turned more on a well used trail.

A ready made shelter, narrow, but better than nothing. It would be improved by an oil cloth thrown over it.

Some poles leant against the back of this fallen tree with an oil cloth would make an excellent shelter.

Walls but no roof.

Plenty of room inside. Some has been digging in here.

Can you see the trail?

Ringtail Possum scat?

Fresh roo dung, but not in pellet form, all run together.

Dry roo dung.

Old Fox scat.

Not much punk wood here, but enough around this stick to use as tinder to make fire.

Powder Measures By Eddy Benc.

I am not selling these, & I have no prices, but I have known Eddy for a lot of years since we used to meet at Rendezvous in Victoria. If you are interested in these powder measures, you can contact Eddy at:

 eddy550@tpg.com.au

Or Phone: 08 8268 2620

Volume 31, Southern Cross Free Trappers News Letter Link.

http://freetrappers.org.au/2011/05/20/vol-31-may-2011/

The Southern Cross Free Trappers are based in Victoria.

Crime & Punishment – circa 1620. A History Of Australia. A LINK.

http://scribblemesomething.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/byte-22-ominous-signs-%e2%80%93-crime-punishment/

Kangaroo Dung As Tinder.

Not the best tinder to use, but there is plenty of it about if you can't find anything else. However, I have only used it with reading glass fire lighting.

The lighter dung in the far left pile is what to look for. It is more sun bleached than the other two piles.

A good one!

And some more.

But would you see it on the trail? This is where observation & experience count, it is not something you start practicing when you urgently need to find some tinder.

I found this punk wood beside the trail. Not all punk wood, but enough around the wood to use for making fire, & better than Kangaroo dung.

It actually took longer to make fire than this video shows, but I had to edit. Regardless it did work.

Werewolf In London.

A Werewolf for real, or a confession to avoide a terrible & painfull death?
http://www.shakespearesengland.com/2011/05/in-his-wolvish-shape-he-would-run-among.html

Here Come the English – The Tryall Wreck – 1622. A LINK.

http://scribblemesomething.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/byte-21-here-come-the-english-the-tryall/