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flat when raised. The adjusting-cords lead through 

 buttonholed eyelets to the inside of the tent and are 

 secured as desired by making a slip-noose in them, the 

 knot of which lies against the inside wall close against 

 the eyelet holes. We believe, gentlemen, we have 

 only to mention that along the line of direct strain 

 at the sides of the triangle forming the front wall, 

 and from the top of the rear wall along each side 

 to the ground front-corners of this paragon of a 

 tent, the muslin is reinforced by three-quarter inch 

 tape sewed on the inside. 



This tent is erected, except for the finer details, 

 simply by staking out the four ground corners, and 

 then carrying the front guys from the peak over the 

 shears thus it very quickly is made a " safe port 

 in a storm." The procedure was to chuck all our 

 other dunnage immediately into this and next to 

 erect the big fly (see ahead) ; we then could arrange 

 the further camp details under cover, at leisure. 

 Our regular outfit comprises in addition two other, 

 seven by seven wall tents and the duffle-bags. 



An important point in the construction of any real 

 tent is that it should have eaves, projecting at least 

 two or three inches, where the roof meets the side- 

 wall at a sharp angle, and especially when a seam is 

 there; another thing is that it often is a good stunt 

 to economize in weight by having the sides of very 

 light material but to have the roof of heavier stuff. 



A simpler application of the stretcher-bed prin- 



