These can be used equally well in
sandy, muddy, or stony ground, where ordinary pegs would never hold.
These bags are easily made during your winter evenings, and can be
used for carrying your kit from camp to camp. They also make useful
buckets and washing basins. They should be made of stout duck or
canvas.
The top edge of this canvas should be folded over and stitched in
order to give strength.
The handles are made of half-inch rope, passed through brass eyelets,
let into the canvas below the stitching? the ends of the rope being
knotted inside.
In cutting out you must allow an extra inch for turning in at the
edges and joining to the other pieces.
Supposing that you have not the time or means for getting tents and
that you are going into camp where there are plenty of trees, and you
have got the right to use them, then some of the following tips may be
of use to you.
[Illustration: CORRECT TENT PEGS.]
[Illustration: A HANDY BAG.]
A bivouac shelter, as described in _Scouting for Boys_, is the
simplest and best form of hut, and is easily made in an hour.
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