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84 CAMPING AND WOODCRAFTThe Frazer tent (Fig. 41) has a small awningto shield the doorway, and a cloth " sill " that holds'the bottom together. There is a window at therear. Only a small screen is required at the doorwayto keep out insects, yet the ventilation is good.It is not a cold-weather tent, as it cannot be thrownwide open, like a plain miner's tent, to receive therays of a camp-fire.Some canoeists in *' civilized waters '* prefer themarquee (Fig. 42), because it has more head-roomthan a pyramidal tent. It has spreaders attached tothe center pole, like ribs of an umbrella, to extend theeaves, and guy ropes to stiffen them against wind;but in spite of these braces it is not very stable.Semi-pyramidal Tents.— The lightest of enclosedtents that allow a man to stand upright undershelter is one shaped like a pyramid cut vertically inFig. 43.—George Tenthalf. Since the pole, if one is used, stands in front,it is less in the way than the center pole of a pyraniidaltent, bi't a suy or two must be run out for-