Logging camps were primitive affairs usually consisting of a stable, a combined cook house and mess hall, and a bunkhouse. The food was usually ample but with little variety. The logger paid for his own board and carried his blankets with him from camp to camp. The blankets were frequently ridden with lice while the bunks were infested with bedbugs. A logger's bunk usually consisted of a pile of straw or pine boughs on a wooden platform. The bunks themselves were always double and were usual " muzzle-loaders°, so called because the only way into them was from the end. Inside, the bunkhouses were crowded, damp, poor lit and badly ventilated.