The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 138
ysmay be tightened easily, pieces ofwood called fiddles are used,about five inches long, two inches wide, and an inch thick, having twoholes bored through them threeinches apart, just large enough toadmit the rope. The end of the guyis passed through one of these holesand back through the other,… … Fig. 4.— A Tent, or Wedge-tent. ets, through which pegs are driven.A second roof called a fly is usedwith a wall-tent to keep out the rain,since the roof is not sharp enough toshed rain by itself. It passes closeover the ridge pole, but is lifted seve-ral inches above the inner roof atthe eaves,…
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