Fig. 259.—Bank the earth up around the pail for the spring.
Now for
The Spring
Ask your mother to let you have a large, clean pail suitable for drinking water. Carry the pail to the opposite side of the yard from your tent. There dig a hole large enough to sink the pail down about half its height ([Fig. 258]). Bank the loose earth up all around the pail ([Fig. 259]), and cover the earth with leaves, grass, moss and vines; hiding the pail completely with the greenery; then fill the pail with fresh, cool water, and lo: there is your mountain spring ([Fig. 260]).
Fig. 260.—Like a country spring in your back yard.
Fig. 261.—The camp-pail is made of a tin can.