e runs to the umpire and informs him or hands in the article, if
it is an article he finds. The umpire enters a mark accordingly
against his name. The scout who gains the most marks in the walk wins.

Details like the following should be chosen to develop the scout's
observation and to encourage him to look far and near, up and down,
etc.

The details should be varied every time the game is played; and about
eight or ten should be given at a time.

Every match found 1 point
Every button found 1 point
Bird tracks 2 points
Patch noticed on
stranger's clothing or boots 2 points
Gray horse seen 2 points
Pigeon flying 2 points
Sparrow sitting 2 points
Ash tree 2 points
Broken chimney-pot 2 points
Broken window 1 point

Fire-lighting Race

To collect material, build, and light a fire till the log given by
umpire is alight.

Follow My Leader

With a large number of boys this can be made a very effective display,
and is easy to do at a jog trot, and occasional "knee-up" with musical
accompaniment. It also can be done at night, {316} each boy carrying a
Chinese lantern on top of his staff. If in a building all lights, of
course, would be turned down. A usual fault is that the exercise is
kept on too long, till it wearies both audience and performers.

Games in Path-finding

Instructor takes a patrol in patrolling formation into a strange town
or into an intricate piece of strange country, with a cycling map. He
then gives instructions as to where he wants to go, makes each scout
in turn lead the patrol, say, for seven minutes if cycling, fifteen
minutes if walking. This scout is to find the way entirely by the map,
and points are given for ability in reading.

Mountain Scouting

This has been played by tourists' clubs in the lake district, and is
very similar to the "Spider and Fly" game. Three hares are sent out at
daybreak to hide themselves about in the mountains: after breakfast a
party of hounds go out to find them before a certain hour, say 4
o'clock P.M. If they find them even with field-glasses, it counts,
provided that the finder can say definitely who it was he spotted.
Certain limits of ground must be given, beyond which anyone would be
out of bounds, and therefore disqualified.

Knight E