At 11:33 AM 2/26/97 -0600, you wrote: >In _Roughing It_, Twain and friends attempt to light a fire with a pistol, >on the basis of having read that this works in books. Does anyone have >any idea what book or books demonstrate such "knowledge"? He must be >thinking of at least one specific passage in one specific book ... any >guesses? Just a guess here, but it sounds like dime-novel stuff to me. I've camped all my life and nothing beats a little Ronsonol and a match. Marcus W. Koechig