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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