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HOW TO MAKE THE FALLEN-TREE SHELTER AND THE SCOUT-MASTER
Now that you know how to make a bed in a half cave, we will take up the most simple and primitive manufactured shelters.
Fallen-Tree Shelter
For a one-man one-night stand, select a thick-foliaged fir-tree and cut it partly through the trunk so that it will fall as shown in [Fig. 11]; then trim off the branches on the under-side so as to leave room to make your bed beneath the branches; next trim the branches off the top or roof of the trunk and with them thatch the roof. Do this by setting the branches with their butts up as shown in the right-hand shelter of [Fig. 13], and then thatch with smaller browse as described in making the bed. This will make a cosey one-night shelter.
The Scout-Master
Or take three forked sticks (A, B, and C, [Fig. 12]), and interlock the forked ends so that they will stand as shown in [Fig. 12.] Over this framework rest branches with the butt ends up as shown in the right-hand shelter ([Fig. 13]), or lay a number of poles as shown in the left-hand figure ([Fig. 12]) and thatch this with browse as illustrated by the left-hand shelter in [Fig. 13], or take elm, spruce, or birch bark and shingle as in [Fig. 14.] These shelters may be built for one boy or they may be made large enough for several men. They may be thatched with balsam, spruce, pine, or hemlock boughs, or with cat-tails, rushes (see Figs. [66] and [69]) or any kind of long-stemmed weeds or palmetto leaves.
