TS OF A
KANUCK LOG CABIN, AND HOW TO BUILD
ONE 177

XL. HOW TO MAKE A POLE HOUSE AND HOW
TO MAKE A UNIQUE BUT THOROUGHLY
AMERICAN TOTEM LOG HOUSE 183

XLI. HOW TO BUILD A SUSITNA LOG CABIN
AND HOW TO CUT TREES FOR THE END
PLATES 191

XLII. HOW TO MAKE A FIREPLACE AND CHIMNEY
FOR A SIMPLE LOG CABIN 195

XLIII. HEARTHSTONES AND FIREPLACES 200

XLIV. MORE HEARTHS AND FIREPLACES 203

XLV. FIREPLACES AND THE ART OF TENDING
THE FIRE 206

XLVI. THE BUILDING OF THE LOG HOUSE 211

XLVII. HOW TO LAY A TAR PAPER, BIRCH BARK,
OR PATENT ROOFING 218

XLVIII. HOW TO MAKE A CONCEALED LOG CABIN
INSIDE OF A MODERN HOUSE 230

XLIX. HOW TO BUILD APPROPRIATE GATEWAYS
FOR GROUNDS ENCLOSING LOG HOUSES,
GAME PRESERVES, RANCHES, BIG
COUNTRY ESTATES, AND LAST BUT NOT
LEAST BOY SCOUTS' CAMP GROUNDS 237

Shelters,
Shacks, and Shanties

SHELTERS, SHACKS,
AND SHANTIES

I

WHERE TO FIND MOUNTAIN GOOSE. HOW TO PICK AND USE ITS FEATHERS

IT may be necessary for me to remind the boys that they must use the
material at hand in building their shacks, shelters, sheds, and shanties,
and that they are very fortunate if their camp is located in a country
where the mountain goose is to be found.

The Mountain Goose

From Labrador down to the northwestern borders of New England and New York
and from thence to southwestern Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee,
the woodsman and camper may make their beds from the feathers of the
"mountain goose." The mountain goose is also found inhabiting the frozen
soil of Alaska and following the Pacific and the Rocky Mountains the Abies
make their dwelling-place as far south as Guatemala. Consequently, the
Abies, or mountain goose, should be a familiar friend of all the scouts
who live in the mountainous country, north, south, east, and west.

Sapin--Cho-kho-tung

I forgot to say that the mountain goose (Figs. 1 and 2) is not a bird but
a tree. It is humorously called a goose by the woodsmen because they all
make their beds of its "feathers." It is the _sapin_ of t