FOOTNOTES:

[12] You cannot find this sort of duck in the market now, but "heavy
drilling" 29-1/2 inches wide is nearly as strong, and will make a good
tent.

[13] Tents made of heavy drilling were also furnished to the troops, the
dimensions of which varied a trifle from those here given: they had the
disadvantage of two seams instead of one.

[14] If the party is of four, or even five, a shelter-tent made of three
breadths of heavy drilling will accommodate all. _Sew_ one end-piece to
each half-tent, since sewing is better than buttoning, and the last is
not necessary when your party will always camp together. Along the loose
border of the end-piece work the button-holes, and sew the corresponding
buttons upon the main tent an inch or more from the edge of the border.
Sew on facings at the corners and seams as in the army shelter, and also
on the middle of the bottom of the end-pieces; and put loops of small
rope or a foot or two of stout cord through all of these facings, for
the tent-pins. You will then have a tent with the least amount of labor
and material in it. The top edges, like those of the army shelter, are
to have buttons and button-holes; the tent can then be taken apart into
two pieces, each of which will weigh about two pounds and a quarter.
Nearly all of the work can be done on a sewing-machine; run two rows of
stitching at each seam as near the selvage as you can.

[15] Called also wedge-tent.

[16] To find the distance of the corners, multiply the width of the