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Title: Outdoor Sports and Games
Author: Claude H. Miller
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The Library of Work and Play
OUTDOOR SPORTS AND GAMES
by
CLAUDE H. MILLER, PH.B.
Garden City
New York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1911
[Illustration: A Boys' Camp]
[Illustration: Title Page]
CONTENTS
I. Introductory
The human body a perfect machine--How to keep well--Outdoor
sleeping--Exercise and play--Smoking--Walking.
II. The Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters--Purpose--Scout Law--How to form a patrol of
Scouts--Organization of a troop--Practical activities for
Scouts--A Scout camp--Model Programme of Sir R.S.S.
Baden-Powell Scout camp.
III. Camps and Camping
How to select the best place to pitch a tent--A brush bed--The
best kind of a tent--How to make the camp fire--What to do when
it rains--Fresh air and good food--The brush leanto and how to
make it.
IV. Camp Cooking
How to make the camp fire range--Bread bakers--Cooking
utensils--The grub list--Simple camp recipes.
V. Woodcraft
The use of an axe and hatchet--Best woods for special
purposes--What to do when you are lost--Nature's compasses.
VI. Use of Fire-arms
Importance of early training--Why a gun is better than a
rifle--How to become a good shot.
VII. Fishing
Proper tackle for all purposes--How to catch bait--The fly
fisherman--General fishing rules.
VIII. Nature St
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