in torrents, to dig a ditch or trench, you will appreciate this bit of
advice.

Warn the boys not to touch the roof of the tent on the inside when it is
raining, for it will surely leak wherever it is touched.

There is a right and a wrong way of driving stakes into the ground. Study
illustrations, p. 47.

Peg Wisdom

In taking down the tent, don't pound loose the tent pins or pegs, but with
a looped rope and a pull in the direction from which they are driven they
can easily be removed.

Conveniences

After pitching your tent, put everything in order. Run a stout line,
either of rope or rustless wire, between the two upright poles, about a
foot below the ridge pole. A very convenient thing to throw clothes over.
In some camps they have a shelf suspended from the ridge pole, divided
into compartments, one for each boy in the tent. Nails driven in the
upright poles afford convenient pegs to hang things on. Be sure the nails
are removed before taking down the tent or a rip in the canvas will be the
result.

A bundle of elder leaves in a tent will keep away flies. If ants show a
desire to creep into your tent, dust cayenne pepper into their holes and
they will no longer trouble you.