New ideas for American boys; the Jack of all trades (1900)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 108
Fair Weather Ideas, lOO The Foundation Posts of the club-house should be four or five inches in diameter and sharpened at their lower ends, but even then you will probably find that the united strength of several boys is not sufficient to force them far enough into the bottom to … Fig. 87.— The Foundation. prevent swaying. Drive your foundation posts in the mid- dle of the basket-crib and then Fill the Crib with Stones. When the cribs are full, as the barrels are in Fig. 87, they will form durable stone piers. Four such piers will sup- port a house big enough for frou) two…
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