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used, keeps the fly from " ballooning " when windgets under it, and is the most secure of all end bracesbecause the strain each way is met by ropes pulling,over a triangle of wide base, directly back againstthe wind.In the illustration, the loop at middle of one guyis slipped over the spindle A, one end is drawn backto C and the other to the stake opposite C. Similarlythe other guy runs from B to D and E.Wall Tent with Guy Frames.— Tent stakesare troublesome t-hings at best. Generally whenyou go to driving them you find stones or roots inthe way. They do not hold well except in favorableFig. II.— Wall Tent on Shears with Guy Framesoil and in dry weather. When guy ropes get wetthey shrink and engage in a tug of war that loosensthe stakes.If poles grow near the camp site i»: is more satisfactoryto drive four heavy crotched corner stakesand lay a stiff pole across each pair of them at aboutihe height of the tent wall and parallel to its sides,to which the guy ropes are made fast (see Fig. ii).If a fly is used, lash a rather heavy pole to eachedge and drop these poles over the guy rods. Theirweight automatically keeps the fly taut at all times,wet or dry.Tent on Shears.— Tent poles are bothersome