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230 Woodcraft Birch Bark Roll Note that there is no seat. | This style is the “hole-in-the-floor” plan. Theoretically, it is best. It gives the proper position to the body, with knees higher than hips. But we were not brought up that way, and it may be well to make the slight compromise of a low seat. If this is used, it should not be over 14 inches high, and the hole should be rectangular, not oval, 8 or 10 inches wide, and 18 to 20 inches from front to back, that is, the full width of the seat. This obviates all personal contact except on the two necessary places at the side that support the body. This opening should be covered with a fly-tight hinged lid. lows ft Sideview™.: . , Vshowing front -> 4° % lames ad held in place dy |; [roof boards ~-.]- Front frame of poles floor wilk lid dowre The old-fashioned round or oval hole is a menace. At the front part especially the woodwork is likely to convey itch, lice, poison ivy and several horrible diseases. In the Woodcraft toilet, this is entirely cut out. The roof may be either of boards laid close or of thin slabs laid round side up and trimmed smooth. The final cover of the roof is of tar-paper, as described in the cabin article. Tf the sides are to be closed in with burlap or canvas, the angles should be brzced as shown by the dotted lines in A, B, and C. If light boards are used, the braces are hardly needed.