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228 Woodcraft Manual for Girls when in permanent camps. Each rod was selected, perfectly straight, thinned at the butt end, to be uniform, and an extra piece added at the bed, head an^l f(X)t, to curl up as end-boards. That at the head was elaborately decorated with symbols in beadwork. The illustration (No. 5) shows a beautiful beaded bed-head in my possession; not only the head, but the edges all around, are bound with red flannel. When in use the bed is laid with the ends of the rods resting on two 4-inch poles, which are set firmly twenty-si.x inches apart; and the bed is staked at the corners through the loops to hold it in place (Cut Nc. 6). Cut No. 7 shows a fine speci- men of an Arapaho bed all ready for use. WTien we can get no poles, we lay down a couple of boards or rods to carry the ends of the bed, and then (Ug the ground out in the middle. No. 7. ARAPAHO BED OF WILLOWS. 14th ANN. I^. Bur. Am. Etbn. P. 963 By means of two tall slakes the head part is held upright. When packed up the bed is rolled. It weighs about five pounds. Of course, you always need as much under you a* over you. Couched on such a natural sptiag nmttrest m Uw wiUow bed yo'j ikep in perfect comfort.