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TYPES OF LIGHT TENTS S?withoul: necessary recourse to waterproofing, and allowsof erection not only over a single upright pole, or suspensionfrom overhanging branch, but also permits of settingup near any upright tree to which the peak-line may beextended diagonally upward in a general line with theslope of the back roof, thus generally eliminating the tentpoleproblem.Now, some of the arguments for this half pyramid be-Fig. 45,— Front Upright Fig. 46. -Wings Advanced2>4 feetiF'ig. 47 — Wings Extended Fig. 48.— One Wing Closed,sheltering 73/2x13 feet One Open for Wind-breakFig. 49.— One Wing PartlyExtendedRoYCE Tenting given, another exists in the use of it with the frontopen (flaps turned away back on the side roofs), when itproves to be as truly a baker tent as the one usually describedas such, and heats well wnth a fire in front.The peculiar feature of this design is in the extra sizeand the form of the flaps, which make possible the triangularextension of the front for 2^ feet and still closingcompletely; and the further extension of the flaps, inplane with the side roofs, leaving an open-ended tvue