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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. IS 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 general shape. 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 



