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tent should be aimed at, allowance should be made 

 in the transport for the extra weight when wet. With 

 carriers or pack animals this will adjust itself as the 

 food supplies are diminished, so that only perhaps at 

 the very beginning will consideration have to be given 

 to this point. 



The best type is the ridge pattern with a fly. There 

 are very many variations of this type, some having 

 cross poles at the ends (Fig. i), and others having 

 centre poles at either end and a ridge pole (Fig. 2). 



Fig. I. 



Fig. 2. 



The system with the cross poles at either end with 

 a single rope strainer across the tops and along the 

 whole length of the ridge, is perhaps lighter than 

 the other system ; but the drawback is that when 

 wet the canvas becomes taut and the poles are not 

 easily withdrawn. 



With this tent in a wooded country no ridge pole 

 need be carried, as one can always be cut and must 

 be of sufficient length to project beyond the cross 

 tops over which the fly can be thrown. 



If the centre-pole tent is decided on — and it has 



