The book of camping and woodcraft; a guidebook for those who travel in the wilderness . ng is the most practicalmanual of its kind that has been published. The cutsand details here given are supplied by Mr. Frazer,partly in a personal letter, and partly from an articleby him in Shooting and Fishing. (Figs. 1 and 2.) The material is dark brown 10-ounce duck. Thetent is octagon in form, 8^ feet in diameter and 8J feethigh. Each width of duck measures 38 inches. Thelength of each breadth, inclusive of the end left belowhem for sod-cloth, is 10 feet 2 inches. The door is 5feet 6 inches (actual len
The book of camping and woodcraft; a guidebook for those who travel in the wilderness . ng is the most practicalmanual of its kind that has been published. The cutsand details here given are supplied by Mr. Frazer,partly in a personal letter, and partly from an articleby him in Shooting and Fishing. (Figs. 1 and 2.) The material is dark brown 10-ounce duck. Thetent is octagon in form, 8^ feet in diameter and 8J feethigh. Each width of duck measures 38 inches. Thelength of each breadth, inclusive of the end left belowhem for sod-cloth, is 10 feet 2 inches. The door is 5feet 6 inches (actual length along goods). The awningis 5 feet 8 inches long; it fastens down wath large brasshooks and eyes, at sides and bottom. The door isabout 14 inches wide at top and about 20 inchesat bottom. The awning is usually left up, and a flapof mosquito-bar closes the opening. The awning hastwo thin jointed poles and cord guys. In the rear of the tent is a window, 8 inches square,filled with bobbinet, giving a good circulation of flap is 13x14x18 inches, with grommets in outer Fia. 1,. / WlTKto«r Fig. 2.
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