: Steady the aim a moment and keep the point of aim directly in
view, looking along the whole length of the arrow.

Loosing: In letting the arrow go, do not jerk, but loose smoothly, and be
certain your bow arm does not move when loosing. To get a clean, sharp
loose is more than half way to hitting the target.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Indoor and Outdoor Game.(188)--A. M. Chesley. American Sports Publishing
Co.

An Athletic Primer, Group XII., No. 87--J. E. Sullivan. American Sports
Publishing Co.

Official Handbook Y. M. C. A. Athletic League, Group XII., No.
302.--American Sports Publishing Co. Tether Tennis, Volley Ball, Etc., No.
188.--American Sports Publishing Co.

The above booklets are published at 10 cents each, and should be in the
hands of every camp leader, also the latest guides in Baseball and Tennis.

At Home in the Water--George H. Corsan. Association Press, 75 cents.
Twenty pages of this excellent book are devoted to water sports, and it
also contains complete rules for Water Polo, a splendid game for adults,
but unwise to play in a boys' camp.

The Birch Bark Roll--Ernest Thompson-Seton. Doubleday, Page & Co., 25
cents.

Two Little Savages--Ernest Thompson-Seton. Doubleday, Page & Co., $1.75.

These books give valuable hints on Archery, which is peculiarly adapted
for camp life and sport.

The Witchery of Archery--Maurice Thompson. Charles Scribner's Sons, $1.50.
Fascinating and entertaining.

[Illustration: A Lesson in Nature's Classroom]

CHAPTER XVIII--NATURE STUDY

THE OUT-DOOR INSTINCT
ANTIQUITY OF NATURE STUDY
THE MODERN IDEA
BOY COLLECTORS
AROUSING INTEREST
HERBARIUMS
HOMEMADE PRESS
EQUIPMENT
NEW KIND OF HUNTING
WALKS AFIELD
NIGHT SOUNDS
"FISHOLOGY"
PURPOSEFUL TRIPS
OUTDOOR TALKS ON NATURE
BIBLIOGRAPHY

If nature is to be a resource in a man's life, one's relation to her must
not be too exact and formal, but more that of a lover and friend.--John
Burroughs.

Outdoor Instinct

"The boy is always nearer to the heart of nature than the grown man. He
has a passionate love of the open air and of the fields and woods; he is
never really happy indoors. Nature has planted this outdoor instinct in
the boy's heart for the good of the race." Day and night teach him their
lessons. The boy will absorb much that is interesting and also much that
will be of real value in giving him a broader outlook upon life. Camping
gives abundant opportunity for the study of nature.

Nature study