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3X8 Woodcraft Manual for Girls A fire in front makes of it a very comfortable dwellmg. In rough, hasty work, the lashing of the poles is dispensed with ; the poles being held in place by knots left projecUng on the two main end supports. This ajiswers for the clay or the bough roof, but will not do for birch bark or other shinghng. ?/a.T> of StmtTimts &.fttr1ht bivK IS on /"y/f/iTi'i "' Camp Loom and Gimss Mats The chief use of the camp loom is to weavf; mats for the beds of grass, straw, hay, or, best of aU, sedge. I have made it thus: A 3-foot cross-bar A is fast to a small tree, and seven feet away, even stakes are drivoi into the ground 8 mdies j^)art, each 3 feet out of the ground. , . , ^ ^ u Five stout cords are tied to each stick, and to the cross-bf r, keeping them parallel. Then, between each on the cross-bar is attached another cord (four in all) the far end of which made fast to a loose cro8»-bar,B. . ^ . , . One person raises the loose cross-bar B, while another layta