298 CAMP FURNITURE 



would, of course, require a small tent of dimensions 

 similar to the first described by me. 



Camp equipment has now come to be so 

 specialised that a very large choice awaits the 

 prospective purchaser. There are numberless 

 different systems of folding furniture, a be- 

 wildering selection of folding chairs and tables, 

 and as for canteens of cooking utensils, their 

 name is legion. But of all the systems with 

 which in past years I have provided myself, 

 that known as the X patent camp folding 

 furniture is the most desirable and satisfactory. 

 A selection of necessary articles comprises an ex- 

 cellent and really comfortable folding bed, with 

 strong, yet light, wooden mosquito frame made of 

 jointed hard wood, the sections secured together 

 by means of short chains, and therefore not liable 

 to be lost ; a capital folding table, so contrived 

 that the green canvas top is stretched by means 

 of wooden slats, folding when not in use into a 

 neat roll round the legs, which are carried inside 

 it. These, with a combined green canvas bath 

 and wash-stand, and a Rhoorkee chair, are all 

 that one need actually take in the way of furni- 

 ture ; but should expense be no object, there are 

 other small refinements designed upon the same 

 system which no doubt go far to rob life in the 

 wilds of many of the inconveniences inseparable 

 from it. A reliable ground sheet should be of the 

 same size as the floor of the tent when pitched, 

 and a small piece of carpet, about 2 feet square, 

 is a very comforting article to stand upon when 

 changing one's stockings or removing or putting 



