Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . arrangement, and number of com-partments must depend on the number and kinds of animalsand the situation. Various combinations will suggest them-selves as occasion calls for them. If you have such creatures as frogs, turtles, lizards, etc.,a water-tank should be provided. This can easily be madeby taking a tightly made flat box and caulking the cracks, orpouring hot tar or pitch into them and also tarring or paint-ing the whole surface of the outside. A board can be fitted I40 Wood-Working for Beginners slantingly from the bottom to the edge,
Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . arrangement, and number of com-partments must depend on the number and kinds of animalsand the situation. Various combinations will suggest them-selves as occasion calls for them. If you have such creatures as frogs, turtles, lizards, etc.,a water-tank should be provided. This can easily be madeby taking a tightly made flat box and caulking the cracks, orpouring hot tar or pitch into them and also tarring or paint-ing the whole surface of the outside. A board can be fitted I40 Wood-Working for Beginners slantingly from the bottom to the edge, at one or both ends,to form an incline by which the users of this miniature pondcan crawl in and out of the water. The box must, of course,be sunk in the ground inside of the cage. For larger houses, as for hens, etc., see, also, the princi-ples of construction of somewhat larger structures in PartIII. [House-building for Beginners). Travelling Cage.—A small box (Fig. 194) in which tocarry a kitten, a squirrel, a bird, or any small animal, when. Fig. 194. travelling, is often very useful and much better than thebags and baskets so often used for the purpose. All that is necessary is to make a small box of -|- stock (seeBox-makings P^ge 219), with one side open (to be covered withwire cloth or netting), and the opposite side made in two parts,the upper of which is hinged to serve as a door or lid. Strips ofmoulding can be nailed on with brads along the edges where thewire is fastened, the door can be fastened with hook and screw-eye or catch, and a handle fastened upon the top. It is agood plan .0 round the edges of a box which is to be carriedaroimd. If this box is neatly got out and put together and care-fully smoothed and finished it will look well and serve for manyyears. CHAPTER IX IMPLEMENTS FOR OUTDOOR SPORTS AND ATHLETICS Stilts.—There is very little to say about the manufactureof stilts. The construction is obvious (Figs. 195 and 196), Fig. 195.
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