. The complete American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction. Camping; Fishing; Hunting. We comm^^d carefully to our readers that system, and advise that your tentist only construct foi* you tents made of United States Standard Khaki Duck, lo ounce double filling. Should your tentist not keep a supply of Khaki duck on hand, it is safe to assume that he is not keeping abreast of the times. See to it also that you are provided with malleable iron tent pins, which have merits that outrank the old style wooden ones, and are superior in every way; a dozen of such pins occup
. The complete American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction. Camping; Fishing; Hunting. We comm^^d carefully to our readers that system, and advise that your tentist only construct foi* you tents made of United States Standard Khaki Duck, lo ounce double filling. Should your tentist not keep a supply of Khaki duck on hand, it is safe to assume that he is not keeping abreast of the times. See to it also that you are provided with malleable iron tent pins, which have merits that outrank the old style wooden ones, and are superior in every way; a dozen of such pins occupy actually less space than half dozen wooden ones, weigh qo more at all, and cannot be broken. As to their cost, they are less than lo cents each, so you will do well to have your tentist supply them and no other, for if economy of space is an item, this fact together with their durability a»id light weight, make them the modern tent pin, that in time will displace the old wooden stake entirely. As to Tent Poles—Innumerable devices and schemes have been tried, but so far without any marked degree of success owing to cost. Tent manufacturers and the military, which are by far the largest users of tents, confine themselves closely to poles reinforced by bands of iron at the pin point, or if ridge pole, near the socket, which answers every demand admirably, the principal objection being that the poles are of an unhandy length when carried around. The Indian offsets (See Indian I^odg^e Poles, etc.) 79. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buzzacott, Francis Henry, 1861- [from old catalog]. [Chicago] M. A. Donohue & co
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