Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 284
FIG. I. HOW TO NAIL THE CROSS-PIECES ON. games more exciting and amusing than snow-ballwarfare. All the boys must join in building the fort, se-lecting the highest point of the play-grounds, or,if the grounds are level, the corner of a wall orfence. Supposing the top of a mound has beenselected, as… … TOP OF SLED. built, the first thing to do is to make out the planof the foundations. The dimensions depend uponthe number of boys. A circle, twelve feet in diam-eter, or a square with sides often feet, will make afort that will accommodate a company often boys.It is better to have the fort too…
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