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will thus be about six feet in breadth, leaving quite suffi- 

 cient space for a comfortable bed on one side, and for a 

 lounging seat and all your traps upon the other. 



Both ends ought to be made so as to open and shut, in 

 order to obtain ventilation in sultry weather, and that 

 either or both may be closed, as circumstances may render 

 it desirable. Where the sides of the tent meet the ground 

 they ought to branch off into two flanges, one to turn in 

 and form the flooring, and the other, not so broad, to 

 turn outwards and admit of being secured with gravel, 

 stones or earth as may be convenient ; of course, they 

 should be furnished with the usual pegs and loops. These 

 tents are each calculated for one individual, and each 

 man of the party will find it for his comfort to have one ; for 

 although two persons could sleep comfortably in one of 

 them, still it is very often agreeable to have a room of 

 one's own, to which, when he feels sulky, he can retire and 



