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by eye when the umbrella is set up outdoors at the 

 desired height. There may be loops at the bottom 

 for tent-pins, and it may be fitted with guy-ropes, but 

 I have always got along without these by piling sticks, 

 stones, or sand on the flaps, and, instead of guy-ropes, 

 using branches or poles, or propping it up among 

 bushes or rushes. On beach or marsh there is usu- 

 ally driftwood available. 



The color may be changed at will. According to 

 where it is to be used it may be brown, green, or gray. 

 To color it, I set it up, and daub on the dye with a 

 white-wash brush, making the color darkest at the 

 top and quite light below, according to the now recog- 

 nized principle of protective coloration. For peek- 

 holes, simply cut small slits or square holes with knife 

 or scissors, as desired, leaving the flap hanging so 

 that it can be pinned together again upon occasion. 



Not all of these implements will be in use at the 

 same time, but they are all useful at some time, and 

 on a trip or expedition they should all be taken, or one 

 is liable to be handicapped at an important juncture 

 and perhaps robbed of a crowning triumph by the lack 

 of one of these articles. 



