Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . t, Shorncliffi, Colchester, andtheCurragh of Kililare ; in British North America,hut-camps are situated at intervals of a days marchon the route from New Brunswick to trochee, and Ihetroops who made that winter-march in IHIil to 18C3found their shelter truly welcome. The qiiarlers oc-cupied by the Unitid i^lales troops on the Americanfrontiers, are very frequently huts made of tiuil)er HYDEB. 67 HYDRAULIC BUTTEH. by the troops. A good liut iimy lie readily finustniftpil on Hiiitablc^rouiKlor liillsiili by ex* iiviitinn1111(1
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . t, Shorncliffi, Colchester, andtheCurragh of Kililare ; in British North America,hut-camps are situated at intervals of a days marchon the route from New Brunswick to trochee, and Ihetroops who made that winter-march in IHIil to 18C3found their shelter truly welcome. The qiiarlers oc-cupied by the Unitid i^lales troops on the Americanfrontiers, are very frequently huts made of tiuil)er HYDEB. 67 HYDRAULIC BUTTEH. by the troops. A good liut iimy lie readily finustniftpil on Hiiitablc^rouiKlor liillsiili by ex* iiviitinn1111(1 ciivcrin;; witli u roof; hiil if limber Im cnnviii-ifiil. it is Ixttcr to build u lf/ liiit, coviTiiii; withbark skins, bushes, reed mats, weii-wecds. or anyHiutabbr material procurable. In buildini; the hutfour poles an; planted in the ground where the cor-ners are to rest. The lof;s are then piled one abovianotherai;aiiint these poles, us shown in the drawing;,beinn notclud where they cross so as to brim; theirBides together. The .space lietweeu the logs is then. made water-tight and air-tiplit by a stufting of clay,wattles, sallows, or small bundles of Iwii^s. Within,the joints should be lined with laths, or the wholebe supported by a scantlint;, and may consist ofoverlapping boards, or boards laid Hush and shingled,or laths and shingles, or even birch-bark door is usually ledgcd, and there are one or twowindows, with glazed sashes and shutters. A hutthus formed makes a snug habitation, and will lastfor many years; exclusive of the sashes, two mencan erect in about a week, a hut of rough logs whichshall be sufficiently large for their residence—thatis, with an interior area of aliout lO feet. Whencircumstances permit the logs are occasionallysqtiared, which enables them to be fitted more ac-curately to each other, and adds, of course, to thesolidity and finish of the whole structure, as well asto its durability. In this case the corner logs, in-stead of crossing
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