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180 Woodcraft Birch Bark Roll with a long nail or strong wire through all the holes; then, with a cord, lash them together, spacing them by putting the cord between. Sharpen the points of the teeth, and your rake is ready. — = x Camp Broom There are two ways of making a camp broom. First, the twig broom. This is easily made as follows: Cut a handle an inch thick, and shape it to a shoulder, as in A BC. Lash on birch or other fine twigs, one layer at a time, until suff- ciently thick, as D L. Now at F, put a final lashing of cord. This draws the broom together, and binds it firmly to the handle. Trim the ends even with the axe, and it is ready for use. The other style is the backwoods broom. This was usually made of blue-beech or hickory. A 4-foot piece of a 4-inch green trunk is best. After the bark 1s removed, shavings 18 inches long are cut and stripped down, left attached at J, and bent back over the end until there 1s a bunch of them thick enough; when they are bound together with a cord and appear asin K. Now thin down the rest of the handle L M, and the broom needs only a little drying out to be finished. Is III H I Rubbing-stick Fire I have certainly made a thousand fires with rubbing sticks, and have made at least five hnndred different experiments. So far as J can learn, my own record of thirty-one seconds from taking the sticks to having the fire ablaze is the world’s