_First Day_: Preliminary work: settling into camp, formation of patrols, distribution of duties, orders, etc. _Second Day_: Campaigning: camp resourcefulness, hut and mat making, knots, fire lighting, cooking, health and sanitation, endurance, finding way in strange country, and boat management. _Third Day_: Observation: noticing and memorizing details far and near, landmarks, tracking, deducing meaning from tracks and signs, and training the eyesight. _Fourth Day_: Woodcraft: study of animals, birds, plants and stars; stalking animals, noticing people, reading their character and condition, and thereby gaining their sympathy. _Fifth Day_: Chivalry: honour, code of knights, unselfishness, courage, charity and thrift; loyalty to God, country, parents and employers, or officers; practical chivalry to women; the obligation to do a “good turn” daily, and how to do it. _Sixth Day_: Saving life: from fire, drowning, sewer gas, runaway horses, panic, street accidents, improvised apparatus, and first aid. _Seventh Day_: Patriotism: national geography, the history and deeds that won our world power, the navy and army, flags, medals, duties of a citizen, marksmanship, helping the police. _Eighth Day_: A summary of the whole course: sports comprising games and competitive practices in all subjects of the course. CAMP ROUTINES 6.30 a.m. Turn out, bathe, etc. 7.00 „ Breakfast 8.00 „ Air bedding in sun if possible 9.00 „ Scouting games and practice 11.00 „ Swimming 12.00 m. Dinner 1.00 p.m. Talk by leader 2.00 „ Water games, etc. 6.00 „ Supper 7.30 „ Evening council around camp fire Order of business: Opening council Roll-call Record of last council Report of scouts Left-over business Complaints Honours New scouts New business Challenges Social doings, songs, dances, stories Closing council (devotional services when desired) 10.00 p.m. Lights out. The father of scouting for boys in America, and in fact the inspiration for the movement in England under Lieut-Gen. Sir Robert S.S. Baden-Powell, K.C.B., is Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton, the distinguished naturalist and nature student. The official handbook of the organization may be obtained from Doubleday, Page and Company, Garden City, N.Y., the publishers of this book, or from the national headquarters of The Boy Scouts of America. III CAMPS AND CAMPING How to select the best place and to pitch the 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