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the trail ropes are all played out, the main rope is 
loosened and the tent allowed to settle to the position 
desired, and fastened there. There yet remains the 
job of seeing that the tent is tight to the ground on all 
sides. The trail boards are made to lie on the part of 
the tent that is on the ground, and earth is thrown on 
FIG. I8—ADJUSTING LARGE HOOP TENT 
any part of the edge of the tent that does not lie down 
well. When both tents are thus in position they are 
ready for the man who charges the generator. 
The hoop tent.—The form most used in California is 
the hoop tent, which is a development from the bell 
tent, and is of the same generalshape. ‘The hoop was 
first used as a means of keeping the mouth of the bell 
tent open, but it was soon discarded in favor of the 
