CAMPING HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE 169 



rights and cross-pieces complete the frame, and bark 

 forms the roof and sides. A similar camp can be 

 built without the log foundation, and a good depth 

 of boughs placed on the ground to sleep upon. A 

 most comfortable camp bed is made from two 

 breadths of heavy canvas, two and a half yards long, 



A camp bed. 



with the edges sewn strongly together, the ends be- 

 ing left open. This bag is tilled with spruce or 

 balsam boughs, two spruce poles, about two and a 

 half inches thick, being run through the bag. They 

 should project far enough at each end to rest in 

 heavy forked sticks driven well into the ground. A 

 strong piece of wood should be fastened tightly be- 

 tween the ends of the poles to prevent their draw- 

 ing together. 



Only a thoroughly waterproof tent of the wall 

 pattern should be used in camping, the size being 



