. St. Nicholas [serial] . r high wind. The construction of the frame is shown inFig. 9. This is but a general idea, and willnot apply to every tree; for trees vary in shapeand size, and the huts cannot always be builtsquare, as this one shows. The frame shouldbe of 2 by 3 inch spruce, and the flooring-beamscan be of 2 by 4 inch spruce, or almost any shortpieces that can be had. One or two windowsand a door can be arranged in the hut, andtar-paper tacked on the roof will make it water-proof. Access to the hut can be had by meansof a ladder made from 2 by 3 inch spruce railswith hickory rungs or
. St. Nicholas [serial] . r high wind. The construction of the frame is shown inFig. 9. This is but a general idea, and willnot apply to every tree; for trees vary in shapeand size, and the huts cannot always be builtsquare, as this one shows. The frame shouldbe of 2 by 3 inch spruce, and the flooring-beamscan be of 2 by 4 inch spruce, or almost any shortpieces that can be had. One or two windowsand a door can be arranged in the hut, andtar-paper tacked on the roof will make it water-proof. Access to the hut can be had by meansof a ladder made from 2 by 3 inch spruce railswith hickory rungs or with 2 by 1 inch hard-wood sticks securely nailed to the rails. A LOW TWIN-TREE HUT. A very serviceable twin-tree hut is shownbelow in Fig. 4. To properly build this hut select a locationbetween two trees from six to eight feet an ax clear off the brush and small branchesfor twenty feet up from the ground at the in-side of the trunks where the hut is to be four or five pieces of spruce, hemlock,. FIG. 4. A LOW TWIN-TREE HUT. i9°5 . THE PRACTICAL BOY. 825 or other timber 2 by 8 inches and 16 feet long, the length of the distance between tree-trunks,and as free from knots as possible. In the 6-foot pieces cut notches at the under
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