The object of having long flaps is seen in the illustration. The lower
one can be rolled with your spare clothes inside it to form your
pillow, while the upper one can be supported by a crossbar to form a
little roof over your head. In a sleeping bag of this kind, if
waterproof, you can sleep out without a tent at all.
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HOW TO MAKE A CAMP BED.
A very simple and comfortable form of camp bed-and one which you can
easily rig up and use in your home, or at an inn, if a bedstead is not
available-is this: Make a "hasty stretcher" with two staves and a
sack, and lay the ends of the staves on a couple of logs, stones, or
boxes.
[Illustration: READY FOR USE.]
Keep the staves apart by crossbars, and you have a most comfortable
bed. But don't forget to put plenty of blankets, and some thick paper,
if you are short of blankets underneath you.
This bed is the best possible one to use when you have to camp on damp
ground.
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HOW A TENDERFOOT SITS DOWN.
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