Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 149
inchessquare, with joists for the under timbers. Thejoists or flooring-beams rest on the ends ofposts embedded 2 feet in the ground, to whichthey are spiked with long steel-wire nails. Theflooring, of 4-inch matched boards, is laid onthe space within the four corner uprights, andthe same or wider… … FIG. 8. A HOUSE-TENT — CLOSED. are of one piece, made by sewing lengths ofcanvas or twilled sheeting together. At thefront and back it is drawn over the edges ofthe end-rails forming the roof, and tacked tohold it in place ; while at the top of both sidesthe edge may be tied to galvanized nails…
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