The wall tent, with ground cloth and bobbinet door, is bugproof-* 



The wall tent. This is perhaps the most universally used tent. 

 The model pictured has a sod cloth, which is a border of canvas 

 around the inside bottom, to keep out undesirable inhabitants. 

 Woods-fashion, it is put up with a framework of saplings two 

 shear poles front and rear, a ridgepole resting in the crotches of 

 the shear poles, and side poles to hold out the eaves. The tent 

 was pitched near the tall pine on the upper Baldwin, another 

 well-known Michigan trout stream. This wall tent is just right 

 for two campers. It's 61/2 by 8, 51/2 feet high, and weighs 13 

 pounds. 



The explorer's tent. Here's an all-purpose all-weather tent for 

 two people that's a dandy. It's a combination of Baker tent, wall 

 tent, pyramidal miner's tent, and the lean-to, borrowing the best 

 features of each. The gg-inch ridge gives the camper room to 

 stand up inside. The walls at side and rear enable him to use all 

 the inside area for bedding. The canopy provides an outdoor 

 shelter. The slanting rear saves canvas and therefore weight. 

 This model has a sewn-in ground cloth and a zipper-fastened 

 bobbinet front, making it completely vermin-proof. There's a 

 bobbinet window at the rear for ventilation and light. We 

 pitched it in the bend of a southern Michigan stream near South 

 Lyon. Dimensions are 6i/ by 7: comfortable quarters for two 

 and not too bad for three. The height is 7 feet; weight, 15 

 pounds satisfactory for canoe or back-packing. 



The marquee or umbrella tent. This is the palace of tents. We 

 rigged it on the shore of Little Star Lake, a fine bass and bluegill 

 lake near Baldwin, Michigan. An aluminum center pole with 

 spreaders, like the framework of an umbrella, holds up the struc- 

 ture. It takes one man to raise the interior while the outside man 

 stakes the corners and guy ropes. Note the porch with side wall. 

 Ground cloth, mosquito-proof entrance, and window give the 

 umbrella tent bug protection, air, and light. There's standing 

 room in all parts of it. 



This one, 8 by 8, will accommodate four people in comfort. 

 The weight 28 pounds for the tent and 30 pounds for the poles 

 makes it feasible only for pack animal or automobile. 



24 The lean-to was the first step in the evolution of all tents -) 



