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[Illustration: Temporary Shelter Under an "A" Tent.]
The Camp Bed.
[Illustration: Fig. 208. Canvas Bed.]
[Illustration: Fig. 209. Bed Set up on Posts.]
But what interested us most was the form of bed they had. This, like the
chair, consisted of a piece of canvas arranged to be supported on posts
cut from the woods in the neighborhood of the camp. The canvas piece was 3
feet wide and 6 feet long, with a wide hem at each side, forming pockets
through which poles were passed, as in a stretcher. The ends of the poles
were supported on posts driven into the ground. The poles were also
propped up at the center, as shown, the pockets being cut away and bound,
so as not to permit any wear on the canvas. To prevent the posts from
leaning inward under the weight of the sleeper, they were braced apart by
cross sticks.
The Camp Bed in a Shower.
[Illustration: Fig. 210. A Poncho.]
[Illustration: Fig. 211. Camp Bed in the Rain.]
As a precaution against rain, a tall post was set up at the head and
another at the foot of the bed, and a rope was stretched over the posts
with the ends fastened to stakes driven into the ground. Over this rope a
rubber "poncho" was laid to keep off the rain.
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