Page:Field Notes of Junius Henderson, Notebook 1.djvu/29

 boys had built a leanto, thinking perhaps we might not reach them. We got everything dry, put up two tents, Watts putting his cot and most of the outfit in one tent while we spread pine boughs in the other and laid very comfortable beds of blankets, quilts and canvass (sic). Markman is now putting up a as I write these notes by a campfire preparatory to going to bed. Only birds seen were a, , , , ,. Sievert saw a. Watts is to sleep on his cot in the supply tent while the rest of us sleep in the other tent.



Rained during the night more or less, and the poor quality of the tents was manifest by the way the drops splattered