[Illustration:  Fig. 273.  How to Build a Wall.]

[Illustration:  Fig. 274.  Building the Chimney; Log to support fourth wall.]

[Illustration:  Fig. 275.  Section through the Fireplace.]

The Floor of the Cabin.

A number of logs were now laid on the ground to serve as floor beams.  Slabs were used for the floor.  We had some trouble in making the floor perfectly even, because the floor beams were rather irregular, and a great deal of time was spent in smoothing the logs off to a common level.  If we had the work to do over again we would have bought two or three planks and laid them on edge to support the flooring.

The Door Hinges and Latch.

A door was now constructed by battening together a number of slabs.  In place of a hinge a hole was drilled into the sill and another into the lintel directly in line with it.  Two sticks of wood were then whittled to fit snugly, but without jamming, into these holes.  These sticks were then nailed to the inner face of the door, with their whittled ends projecting into the holes, forming pintles on which the door could turn.  A narrow strip of wood was nailed to the outer jamb for the door to close against.  The latch consisted of a stick of wood, fastened to the door at one end with a nail.  It hooked onto a catch whittled out of hard wood to the form illustrated in Fig. 278, and nailed to the jamb.  Then to keep the latch from dropping too far when the door was open, and to guide it when slammed against the catch, we whittled out a guard piece to the form illustrated in Fig. 277, and nailed this to the door, with the latch projecting through the slot of the guard.  A string was now fastened to the latch and passed through a hole in the door.  A block was tied to the end of the latch string to prevent it from slipping back through the hole; but at night, when we did not want to be molested by any intruders, we untied the block and drew in the latch string.

[Illustration:  Fig. 276.  The Door Hinges.]

[Illustration:  Fig. 277.  The Latch Guard.]

[Illustration:  Fig. 278.  Door Catch.]

[Illustration:  Fig. 279.  The Latch.]

The Window Sash.

For our windows we made wooden sashes which fitted nicely into the window openings.  A small hole was drilled through the sash at each side into the frame, and nails inserted in these holes held the sash in place, and served also as hinge pins for the sash to turn on.  The sash could be taken out at any time by removing these nails.  As we could not afford to use glass for our windows, we covered the sashes first with cloth, and later, when it occurred to us that in winter time it would be difficult to keep the cold air out, we used oiled paper.

[Illustration:  Fig. 280.  Hinged Window Sash.]

Bunks.

[Illustration:  Fig. 281.  Bunks.]