How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 183
e greenboughs; the two colors, being complementary, harmonizedbeautifully. This hammock was made of a piece of strong rope twentyfeet long threaded in and out of barrel staves, and was sub-stantial and durable. The construction of such a hammock isvery simple. Remove the top and bottom hoops and… … to the edges ; this is for a guidewhen making the two holes ineach end of all the staves. Borethe holes with a five-eighth of an inch au-gur or a red-hot poker,using the pencil-line asa centre ; leave an equalmargin on both sides ofthe staves, and at thesame time enough spacein the centre to…
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