and roof, so as to get cloth for the eaves.

The wall is to be four feet high; consequently, when you have sewed
together the four breadths that make the roof and walls, measure four
feet 3-1/2 inches from the ends (bottoms), double the cloth, and sew
two rows of stitching by hand across from side to side, 1-1/2 inches
from the doubling; this makes the tabling for the eaves, and you have
two inches left for the bottom tabling. Use stout twine for these seams
at the eaves, and take only three to four stitches to the inch.

Take the same care as before in sewing together the ends and sides; the
larger the tent, the more this difficulty increases.

The sod-cloth becomes more of a necessity as we increase the size of the
tent, and add to the difficulty of making it fit snugly to the ground.

Facings should be put in where the ends of the poles bear, as before
explained; and also in the four upper corners of the wall, to prevent
the strain of the corner guy-lines from ripping apart the eaves and
wall.

Beckets must be put in the bottom of each seam and the door, the same as
in the A-tent, and strong tapes sewed to the door.

Guy-lines made of six-thread manilla rope are put in at the four corners
of the eaves, and at every seam along that tabling, making five upon
each side. Work an eyelet, or put a grommet, in the doubled cloth of the
seam; knot the end of the guy-line to prevent its pulling through: tying
the rope makes too bungling a job, and splicing it is too much work.
The six guy-lines in the body of the tent should be about nine feet