What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 128
s to correspondwith holes bored into the logs lying beneath, and through theseholes drive wooden pegs. The water will cause the pegs toswell, and they will hold much more firmly than iron nails. The skeleton of the cabin can be made of saplings; such asare used for hoop-poles are the best. These… … Fig. 70.—Skeleton of Crusoe Raft. Erect a ** jack-staff, to be used as a flag-pole or a mast torig a square sail on. A stout stick should be erected at the stern, and a similarone upon each side of the raft near the bow ; these sticks, whentheir ends are made smaller, as shown in the illustration…
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