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8- CAMPING AND WOODCRAFl'may be violent, there Is nothing better than a pyrzvmidal or ''miner's" tent (Fig. 40). It requiresonly one pole, and but few pegs. It has more availableground space than a conical tent of equal cubiccapacity. It Is economical of cloth. Next to thecone. It Is the most stable form of tent, and it shedsrain and snow better than any other. One man,without assistance, can set it up In a trice. It setswell on uneven ground, and is easy to trench.Pyramidal tents may be had with walls; but theyare not nearly so easy to erect as one without a wall,Fig. 40.— Miner's Tentand many more pegs must be carried.This shape isat its best in the plain miner's form of a size suitablefor two or three men : namely, a 7x7x7 or a9/^ X 93/2 x8^ ft., weighing, In different materials,from 534 to 14 lbs. A jointed pole of ash willweigh about 4^ lbs. In 7-ft., or 5 lbs. in 8^ ft.length, and a dozen 9-Inch steel tent pins about 2 lbs.Since the only head-room in such a tent is directlyunder the peak, a center pole Is constantly in theway. If a little extra weight is not prohibited, it isbetter to carry a pair of jointed shear poles that setup inside the tent, one on either side, like two legs