The handles are made of half-inch rope, passed through brass eyelets, let into the canvas below the stitching? the ends of the rope being knotted inside.
In cutting out you must allow an extra inch for turning in at the edges and joining to the other pieces.
Supposing that you have not the time or means for getting tents and that you are going into camp where there are plenty of trees, and you have got the right to use them, then some of the following tips may be of use to you.
[Illustration: CORRECT TENT PEGS.]
[Illustration: A HANDY BAG.]
A bivouac shelter, as described in Scouting for Boys, is the simplest and best form of hut, and is easily made in an hour. Two upright stakes are driven firmly into the ground, with a ridge pole placed in position along the tops. Against this a number of poles should be made to lean from the windward aide, with cross-bars to support the branches, reeds, sods, or twigs, or whatever is to form your roofing material.
For a single man this shelter can be made quite small, i.e., about 3 ft. high in front, and 3 ft. wide and 6 ft. long.
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FRAMEWORK.
You build your fire about 4 ft. in front of this, and lie in it alongside your fire.
If the "shack" is for more than one man, you build it 5 ft. or 6 ft. high in front, and 5 ft. deep, so that several fellows can lie alongside each other, feet to the fire.