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126 CAMPING AND WOODCRAFTweight camping kit,but for packs of over 15 pounds,I will have none of it.An interesting modification of the rucksack, whichbrings the weight where it can best be borne, is theNorwegian army pack sack (Figs. 28, 29). Inthis the sack is united to a support of oak or ash,which comprises a horizontal wooden crosspiece {A )and two vertical pieces {B, C) curved to fit the back.Bag and frame are joined at the bottom by tworings, which are sewed on leather bands and attachedto the horizontal piece of wood, at one end28.—NorwegianKnapsack in UseFig.29.—NorwegianKnapsack (Back)Fig.by a spring placed on the traverse, and at the otherby an eyebolt. At the top they are joined by astrap, one part of which is sewed on the middle ofthe back of the knapsack, the other, or free part,being passed through a slit made in the upper partof the support, and bent back and buttoned onitself.The slings of the knapsack draw from the center,as in a rucksack, but are attached to a small archshapedbrass piece riveted to the upper part of thesupport. Their free ends have hooks which engageIn the eyes of eyebolts fixed at each end of the lowertraverse of the frame. On each sling, at the heightof the armpit, there Is a double button on which isfixed a counter sling furnished with a brass hook-