. Things worth doing and how to do them. Fig. 268.—With the seats in place it is a boat. - If you want to play that you are Out Fishing in the boat, take any kind of long sticks or walking canes forfishing poles, with common string for line and a bit of paper tiedto the end of the string for bait. When vou want to turn the. Fig. 269.—The row-boat is turned into a sail-boat. Camping Out in Your Back Yard 205 row-boat into a sail-boat, you can tack a three-cornered piece ofwhite cloth on the end of a pole and rig up a sail (Fig. 269). Cuta hole in the forward centre of the bottom of the boat imm
. Things worth doing and how to do them. Fig. 268.—With the seats in place it is a boat. - If you want to play that you are Out Fishing in the boat, take any kind of long sticks or walking canes forfishing poles, with common string for line and a bit of paper tiedto the end of the string for bait. When vou want to turn the. Fig. 269.—The row-boat is turned into a sail-boat. Camping Out in Your Back Yard 205 row-boat into a sail-boat, you can tack a three-cornered piece ofwhite cloth on the end of a pole and rig up a sail (Fig. 269). Cuta hole in the forward centre of the bottom of the boat immediatelynext to the covered bow, run the pole through the hole down intothe earth until it is well planted in the ground and stands straightand steady; then tie a string to the free end of the sail and fastenthe string to the boat to keep the sail stretched out, just as if therewere truly a good stiff breeze and you were sailing along at arapid rate with the spray dashing upon, and at times over, thesides of the boat. If your back yard is large and you need more tents for friends,erect several, one on each stretch of the clothesline. Should theline be fastened to four posts, a tent can be put up on each of thefour turns of the clothesline, making a little settlement of tents.
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