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this opening. Buttons are sewed on the bag, and 

 there are button-holes in the flaps so it may also be 

 buttoned up tightly. Inside of this canvas bag is 

 another of the same size and shape, less the head 

 flaps. This is made of Jamb skin with the wool on, 

 and is lined with ordinary sheeting, to keep the 

 wool from coming in direct contact with the per- 

 son or clothing. One or more pairs of blankets 

 may be folded and inserted in this, as may be 

 necessary, for any temperature in which it is to be 

 used. 



If the weather be warm, so that not all this cover- 

 ing is needed over the sleeper, he may shift it to 

 suit the weather and his taste, crawling in on top of 

 as much of it as he may wish, and the less he has 

 over him the more he will have under him, and the 

 softer will be his bed. Beside being waterproof, the 

 canvas is windproof , and one can button himself up in 

 this house, leaving only an air-hole at the end of his 

 nose, and sleep as soundly, and almost as com- 

 fortably in a snowdrift on the prairie as in a 

 tent or house. In short, he may be absolutely 

 at home, and comfortable, wherever night finds 

 him, and no matter w r hat horrid nightmares he 

 may have, he can not roll out of bed or kick off the 

 covers. 



Nor will he catch a draft of cold air along the 

 north edge of his spine every time he turns over, as 

 he is liable to do when sleeping in blankets. Nor 

 will his feet crawl out from under the cover and 

 catch chilblains, as they are liable to do in the old- 

 fashioned way. In fact, this sleeping-bag is one of 

 the greatest luxuries I ever took into camp, and if 



