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CAMP MAKING 221or barrel, sink it in the ground to its top, and coverwith burlap or a blanket.At a cabin in the Smokies, where I lived alonefor three years, I had a spring box like the oneshown in Fig. ii2, which kept things cool and safein the warmest weather, yet was easy for me to getFig. 112 — Spring Boxinto. A short iron pipe at A entered the spring;the box inclined slightly toward the outlet B; pailsand jars sat on flat rocks inside; the top was fastenedby the round stick C passing through augerholes in the upright cleats.Caches for provisions and other articles will bedescribed in Volume II.Tent Furnishings.— If staying more than anight in one place, fit up the tent with hangers fromwhich spare clothing, knapsacks and pouches, wallpockets, lantern, guns, and other loose articles maybe suspended where they are kept dry, out of theway, and handy to get at. In a wall tent, plant aforked stake at each corner and lay a pole on themalong each side, with nails in it. Guns are laidon shorter stakes underneath these. At the rearend you may set up a set of shelves for odds andends.If you have candles and no lantern, cut a sticklong enough to hold the light as high as you wantit, sharpen one end to shove in the ground, split theother end a little, put a loop of bark horizontallyin the cleft, the candle in the loop, and draw tightagainst the stick. Half a potato, with a holescooped in it, or a small can filled with earth, makesa portable candlestick.