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CAMP MAKING 219as a stake, because you couldn't drive It withoutsplitting it. A fork like Fig. no can be foundanj'where; cut it as shown by the dotted lines, andFig. 109 —Rare NaturalCrotchFig. no —CommonCrotchTo Make a ^"O^Crutch '"C^ 4^it will drive all right. If somebody is injured andneeds a crutch, pick out a sapling with limbs grov/-ing opposite, as in Fig. in, cut out the centralstem, trim, and shave down.A comfortable height for the table is 30 inches,for the benches 18 inches. The latter are made inthe same way as the table. Three widths of 10-inch boards make a good table top, and one sufficesfor each bench.If you have a spare tent fly or tarpaulin, rig itover the dining table as a canopy. If no treesstand convenient for stretching it, set up two forkedposts, lay a ridge pole on them, and guy out thesides to similar frames or to whatever may growhandy. To set a long stake, sharpen the butt end,hold the pole vertically, and make a hole in theground by working the stick up and down as aquarryman does a long drill.A table, bench, or shelf, can easily be set upwherever two trees grow close enough together.Nail a cross-piece from one to the other, and asimilar one at same level on the other side, thencover with straight sticks or pieces of board.Commissariat.— If food is carried in side-openingbags, suspend them from a horizontal pole runfrom tree to tree or from forked stakes. A ciip-