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BARK QTENSILS 261of this sort readily adapts itself to a circular shape,when softened by heating, one can make a waterbucket, for example, by sewing a hoop or splint(likea basket splint) around the inside of the top edge,and adding another vertically for bail, like a baskethandle, going clear around the bottom to take upFig. 91.—BarkbarrelFig. 92.—Barkberry pailthe strain (Fig. 89). Punch the holes with a sharpened twig for awl, and use rootlets or bast fiber,soaked in water, for thread, or lace the loop in placewith narrow strips of pliable bark.Fig. 93.—Pocket cup (folding)Wash basins and the like are made in the sameway, shallow without bails. A trough or tub, ofany size, to hold liquids, is quickly made by rossingoff the thick outer bark from the ends of a sheet ofelm, basswood, poplar, cottonwood, or other suitable