44 THE CRUISE OF THE ROVER CARAVAN

the planks and uprights, and we'll have the shed up
in a few hours.”

The shed, I must tell the reader, was to be a very
simple one indeed, but very necessary nevertheless,

Six holes were first dug in the ground about ten
feet apart each way, just like the asterisks I place in
the figure here. Good deep holes they were too, and
Carleton, and even Douglas, young giant though he
was, were both perspiring before that job was over.

Shinto mesons ie She at oa etoos eimtonemie os

* en RO shieNiEze Skee emia. e eae cians *

Fic. 1.

Into each hole was placed an upright round fir-tree
post, with the bark on, and all at exactly the same
length above and below ground. Indeed Fin’s tape-
line, or three-foot rule, was not out of his hands for a
single minute all that forenoon.

He had a light ladder too, and also a spirit-level.
After he had got all the posts in the ground, and every-
thing plumb and square, strong deal planks were laid
on top to join them. These are represented in fig. 1
by the dotted lines.

Big nails and strong hammers were wanted for this
work, and by the time it was finished, luncheon was
all ready.