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TOMAHAWK SHELTERS 219on the Inside, and thatch them deeply outside withsmall boughs, beginning at the bottom, so that eachlayer will be overlapped by the one above it, likeshingles. Lay the thatch with feathery tips down.Fig.57.—Stake Frame forLean-toWhen no trees grow where you want your bed, setup two lorked stakes, slanting slightly outward atthe butts so they will not need bracing, to hold yourridge pole (Fig. 57), and proceed as above. If theFig. 58.—Shear Frame for Lean-toground is too stony or frozen to plant stakes in, useshear poles (Fig. 58), letting them fiare outwardso as to brace in every direction.A frame must be stout enough, in winter, tohold up the weight of a snowfall. The lower the