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TENTS FOR FIXED CAMPS43or of a party traveling by wagon <strong>and</strong> frequentlymoving camp.Having chosen the best frontage, lay out the corners<strong>and</strong> end centers with cord <strong>and</strong> small pegs, asdescribed. Then drive the corner guy stakes diagonallyoutward from tent corners, slanting them asshown in Fig. 8. If fly guys are to be looped overthem, as well as wall guys, the stakes should be longenough to project well <strong>and</strong> still take firm hold inthe ground. (When striking a tent, do not workFig. 8.— Tent Stake <strong>and</strong> Guy Ropethe stakes forward <strong>and</strong> backward to loosen them,but slip a looped rope over the notch <strong>and</strong> pull atangle that stake was driven.) Corner stakes aredriven several feet away from tent, depending onslope of roof, <strong>and</strong> two or three feet outward, fore<strong>and</strong> aft, to make the guys draw diagonally.Now unroll the tent <strong>and</strong> drag it away by theridge until it is laid out flat over the ground selected.Insert ridge pole (rounded side up) inside thetent, with its holes for the spindles (iron pins inend of uprights) meeting the grommets or large eye-

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