THE ANGLER'S CAMP 251 



to angle for miles without interference, and the pres- 

 ence of many trout in its waters, both native and 

 brown, averaging a goodly size, requiring skill to 

 attach, and never in primer condition then during 

 this season, the early Summer of 1916. 



The modest intention of the author, and designer 

 of the aforesaid tent, was to produce a creation that 

 should embody all the good points of all the good 

 tents that had preceded it and then some. 

 Whether or not he succeeded in this particular en- 

 deavor, the tent proved a success all right; with the 

 addition of a butler's pantry and garage it almost 

 might pass for a Newport summer cottage. 



It is seven feet square on the ground, seven feet to 

 the peak at the top of the triangular front side, and 

 has an eighteen-inch wall at the back. It has 

 windows fifteen by eighteen inches, screened by 

 cheesecloth, and provided with flaps outside, ad- 

 justed by cords; and the door in the front is five 

 feet high above a six-inch sill, three feet wide at the 

 bottom, and fourteen inches at top. This opening 

 also is protected by a cheesecloth screen-door which 

 draws to one side and is gathered by tapes when not 

 in use, and also there is a regular flap-door, hinged 

 at the top and secured when closed by large hooks- 

 and-eyes. (De Long "Jumbos." The same like- 

 wise fasten the sleeping-bag flaps, presently to be 

 noted.) 



The bottom and one side of the door-space, to 



