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THE CARAVAN "SIEGLINDA" 43she has ever looked so well as she used to do ona stormy night, with the smoke whisking awaybefore the wind, from her little white-bonnetedchimney. And in bad weather there was muchcomfort in the glowing coals, not to speak of thetoast they made, that was not to be lightlyforgotten.But that tiny kitchen range had toomany drawbacks, and it was given up after theJohn o' Groat's journey. It necessitated notonly carrying a chimney, but a ladder to takethe chimney off and on. It was heavy in itself,and called for heavy, dirty fuel :and it was noteasy in remote places to get coal. Further, theoven could not be kept up without insistentattention, and a hot oven is the backbone ofsuccessful cookery. With my old ally, theRippingille, the oven is hot in ten minutes, andmaintains an even heat thereafter. And it isvery hot, for it soon runs my oven thermometerto its limit of 400 degrees. The Rippingille alsocan be perfectly regulated, turned down andsafely left. By leaving one lamp very low atnight I can count on a supply of hot water, inmy copper box, in the morning. And that is agood long step into the routine of a new day.The Primus stove, the faithful servant of allwho must get their own meals in a hurry,is a