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the style of the Indian teepee. The one that I have used on 

 several trips is eight feet in diameter on the ground, and 

 eight feet high, tapered nearly to a point at the top, and hav- 

 ing an opening there eighteen inches in diameter. One of 

 the seams is split from the ground four feet upward, has flaps 

 on either side, and strings attached with which to loop it up. 

 This forms a door. The tent has loops at intervals of two 

 feet all around the bottom, and a half-inch rope is rove into 

 the edge of the canvas around the top-opening. It is made 

 of a light-weight, firmly woven drilling, weighs only eight 

 pounds, affords ample sleeping-room for two men, and stor- 

 age room for their baggage. It is mounted on four or six 

 poles (the latter number is best) eleven feet long, which are 

 cut wherever night overtakes us. These are tied together six 

 inches from the top- end, the ends are slipped through the top- 

 opening of the tent; they are then set up, and the lower ends 

 are spread so as to form a perfect square, if there be but four 

 poles, or a. hexagon if there be six. The tent is now pinned 

 down tightly and is ready to live in. Jointed poles may be 

 carried for this tent also; if so, there should be but three of 

 them. These should be made fifteen feet long and in five 

 pieces. They should in that case be made of heavy bamboo 

 and jointed with strong brass ferrules, the same as are used 

 for heavy bamboo fishing rods. They may then be placed 

 outside of the tent and erected in the form of a tripod, the tent 

 afterward being suspended to them by ropes attached to the 

 small rope which encircles the opening in the top of the 

 tent. 



A fire may be made in the center of this tent when needed. 

 Thus it proves a great advantage over a wall-tent, or any 

 other style which will not admit of fire being made inside 

 without a stove. A large, roaring, log camp-fire is one of the 

 important elements of comfort in a camp, when the weather 

 will admit of its being maintained and enjoyed; but there are 

 times when it cannot be, on account of rain or severe cold. 



