DESIGN There are three main designs of huts: a simple lean-to, suitable for fine, warm weather; an enclosed round hut or pyramid, suitable for cold conditions; and a long hut suitable for sub-tropical and tropical climates if left open, or, if completely walled, suitable for cold conditions. Refinements such as doors and windows may be added as needed. And when the hut is completed there is the allimportant matter of furnishing it. But first let us look at what the bush dweller can build as the first protective shelter. SECTIONAL LEAN-TO HUTS Small one- and two-person huts can be easily constructed in an hour or two by making and thatching two or three frames, from 2-3 metres in length and 1-1.5 metre in depth. These frames, built of battens, are lashed onto two forked sticks. The forks are in the form of hooks at the upper end. The framework is simple to construct.
Frameworkfor a sectional lean-to shelter using a tree as the main support.