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334 CAMPING AND WOODCRAFTever wanted. Or, put a loop of bark in the cleftend of a stick, the loop projecting at one side.Or, cut the end of a large potato square off, andgouge a hole for the candle in the opposite end.Other makeshifts are to mold clay around butt ofcandle, with flat base ; bore a hole in a block ofwood, or drive three nails in it; use a hollow bone;or, if you want a candlestick attacned like a bracketto a vertical pole,take a pocket-knife with blade ateach end, drive one blade into pole so that knifesticks out at right angle, open the other blade halfway, on top, and stick candle on it.Candle Lanterns.—A very good lantern can beextemporized with a candle and a large tin can, or,Fig. 187.—Lard pail lanternbetter, a 5-lb. lard pail, the latter having the advantagethat its flaring sides help to reflect the light.At a Doint a little beyond the middle of the canor pail make two cuts, crossing each other, throughthe tin, and bend the triangular points inward so asto grip the candle, when it is shoved up throughthe hole, and prevent it from slipping" back. Thenfix a wire bail on top. If a can is used, run thebail wire through a hole in the closed end, onthrough to the open end, and up into a loop forhandle. If a pail, cut the candle hole directly inline with one of the bail ears, detach the bail fromthis ear, but leave it on the other, and run the freeend around and hook it under flange of bottom(Fig 187). The candle is shoved up only a littl"