172 MILITARY TENTS. 



The Plate on page 171 shows a very convenient 

 little tent for shooting on the moors, but it will 

 not stand heavy weather. It holds two persons 

 very comfortably. 



The two Plates, pages 173 and 174, show 



B. Edgington's Military Tent, which is superior 



in every respect to that now in use 



B. Edgington's .... T 



Improved Mill- in the .British army, it is 14 leet 

 tary Tent. 



6 inches square, with porches at 



each end projecting 6 feet, and sustained by light 

 6- feet poles, protecting the entrance from rain. 

 The figure is a pyramid, and the angles are 

 strengthened from the head of the tent by an inch 

 rope, to which the canvas is bolted, and which, 

 being secured by strong iron pegs to the ground, 

 constitutes the principal support of the tent. 

 "The ventilation" is at the top, the aperture 

 being secured against the entrance of rain. The 

 centre pole is divided into three parts the small 

 poles into two, and the whole (including poles, 

 pegs, and every requisite) is packed in two 



