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228 CAMPING AND WOODCRAFTridge isand the roof last, so as to overlap. A two or threefootoverhang sloping downward from thea desirable addition, to keep rain from driving in.A simple and effective way to rig it is shown by thedotted lines, which represent two forked poles slantingupward from the rear, outside of logs, nailed tologs and posts, and a cross bar laid in the forks tohold the font edge of tarpaulin or whatever else isused as roof. The most comfortable open-air campsthat I have made were of this design. There isFig.66.—Log^ and Frame Campmuch more room than In a simple lean-to of the sameground dimensions, and heat from the camp-fire isreflected down on the occupants so that they arecomfortable in zero weather, yet they have the freshair of all outdoors.I prefer such quarters to any tent that ever wasmade. In summer, the front and sides are easilyscreened with mosquito netting, a pole on the groundholding the front curtain down. If a little care isused in selecting wood that Is durable (see table InChapter XII) such a camp will last for severalseasons, the tarpaulin, of course, being carried alongon each trip. For two men and their duffel, a goodsize is 7 feet high, 7 feet wide, and 9 feet deep, in-