CHAPTER III

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WOODCRAFT;

or, Knowledge of Animals and Nature.

HINTS TO INSTRUCTORS.

CAMP FIRE YARNS.

8.--STALKING: As an Aid to Observation; How to Hide.

9.--ANIMALS: The Calling of Wild Animals. Animals; Birds; Reptiles; Fish; Insects.

10.--PLANTS: Trees and How to Identify Them.

PRACTICES, GAMES, COMPETITIONS, AND PLAYS IN WOODCRAFT.

BOOKS ON WOODCRAFT.

HINTS TO INSTRUCTORS.

_HOW TO TEACH NATURAL HISTORY._

_If in London take your scouts to the Zoological Gardens and to Natural History Museum, South Kensington. Take them to certain animals on which you are prepared to lecture to them. About half a dozen animals would be quite enough for one day._

_If in the country, get leave from a farmer or carter to show the boys how to put on harness, etc., and how to feed and water the horse; how he is shod, etc. How to catch hold of a runaway horse in harness. How to milk a cow._

_Study habits of cows, rabbits, birds, water-voles, trout, etc., by stalking them and watching all that they do._

_Take your scouts to any menagerie, and explain the animals._

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