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A sewed-in bottom is indispensable. The tent willthen be held down in heavy wind by the weight of theoccupants even though all stakes and anchorages fail.If it is planned to use a tent primarily in timber, apermeable floor of two-or three-ounce percale is betterthan a waterproof floor. Laid over fir boughs it is warm(no air mattress is necessary), dry, and at the same timenever allows puddles of water to form from melted snowor from condensation of breath, insensible perspiration,or steam from cooking. If the tent is to be used muchabove timberline, a light waterproof sheet may be laidover the percale floor or a waterproof floor of regulartent fabric substituted. The separate sheet, althoughheavier, has the advantage of permitting the condensation on the inner walls to run down through the permeable floor into the snow without wetting the contentsof the tent. |
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