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ILLUSTRATIONS

ON THE TRAIL

CHAPTER I

TRAILING

When You Strike the Trail

Blazing the Trail

To Know an Animal Trail

Lost in the Woods

Footprints or Tracks

CHAPTER II

WOODCRAFT

Trees

Balsam-Fir

Spruce

Hemlock

Pine

How to Chop Wood

How to Chop Logs

How to Fell a Tree

Etiquette of the Wild

Finding Your Way by Natural Signs and the Compass

Sunlight and Shadow

Wind

Use of Compass

Make a Compass of Your Watch

Mountain Climbing

Lost in the Woods

To Find Your Way by the North Star

CHAPTER III

CAMPING

Information

Location

Water

Companions

Safeguarding

The Start

The One-Day Camp

Camp Dinner

The Clean-Up

Shelters and Tents. Lean-To

Permanent Camp. Lean-To. Open Camp

Tents

Camp-Beds

Bough-Bed

Bag-Bed

Cot-Bed

Pillows

Guards

Exercise

The Camp-Fire

How to Build a Fire

Cook-Fire

Log-Cabin Fire

Fire in the Rain

Camp Fireplace

Camp Cooking. Provisions

Flapjacks

Biscuits

Johnny-Cake

Corn-Meal Mush

Kentucky Bread

Cocoa

Coffee

Tea

Boiled Potatoes

Baked Potatoes

Bean Soup and Baked Beans

Bacon

Game Birds

Fish

Essential Foods

List

List

Sanitation

Camp Spirit

CHAPTER IV

WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL

Clothing

Underwear

Stockings

Shoes

Camping Dress

Hat

Check List of Apparel

Check List of Toilet Articles

Check List of Personal Camp Property

Check List for First Aid

Check List for General Camp

Check List of Kitchen Utensils

Camp Packs

What to Put in Your Pack

Blanket-Roll Pack

Duffel-Bag

Packing Provisions

CHAPTER V

OUTDOOR HANDICRAFT

CHAPTER VI

MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE OUTDOOR FOLK

Stalking

Animals Found on the Trail

Birds

Stalking the Ruffed Grouse

Woodcock

Beaver

Fish-Hawk, Osprey

Blue Heron

Loon, Great Northern Diver

Animals and Birds of the Open

Field-Mouse

Kangaroo-Rat, Jumping Mouse

Pocket-Gopher

Antelope

Coyote, Prairie-Wolf

Spermophile

Bobolink

Meadow-Lark

Red-Winged Blackbird

Song Sparrow

CHAPTER VII

WILD FOOD ON THE TRAIL

Red Raspberry

Black Raspberry

Purple-Flowering Raspberry

Mountain Raspberry, Cloudberry

Wild Strawberry

Low Running Blackberry

Running Swamp Blackberry

High-Bush Blackberry

Mountain Blackberry

Thornless Blackberry

Eastern Wild Gooseberry

Dwarf Blueberry

Low Blueberry

High-Bush Blueberry

Dangleberry

Wintergreen. Checkerberry

Partridgeberry

June-Berry. Shadbush

Red Mulberry

Sweet Viburnum. Nanny-Berry. Sheepberry

Large-Fruited Thorn

Black Haw. Stag-Bush

Wild Plums. Canada Plum

Beach Plum

Wild Red Cherry

Sand-Cherry

Persimmon

Papaw

May-Apple

Wild Grapes

Frost-Grape or Chicken-Grape

Wild Nuts. Black Walnuts

Butternut

Bark and Roots of Trees

Slippery-Elm

Sassafras

Salads. Watercress

Dandelion

CHAPTER VIII

LITTLE FOES OF THE TRAILER

Insects

Wood-Ticks

Jigger. Redbug. Mite

Deer-Fly

Black-Fly

No-see-um. Punky. Midge

Gnats

Bees, Wasps, and Yellow-Jackets

Dopes

Nessmuk's Dope

Breck's Dope

H. P. Wells's Bug-Juice

Smudges

Snakes

Harlequin Snake and Coral-Snake

Water-Moccasin, Cottonmouth

Other Snakes

Beaded Lizard, Gila Monster

Treatment for Snake-Bites

Poisonous Plants

Jimson-Weed

Toadstools

CHAPTER IX

ON THE TRAIL WITH YOUR CAMERA

Selecting a Camera

How to Know Your Camera

Loading the Camera

Count the Turns of the Key

CHAPTER X

ON AND IN THE WATER

Safe and Unsafe Boats

Stepping in and out of a Boat

Canoes and Canoeing

Paddles

Accessories

Care of the Canoe

Getting in the Canoe

Upset

Paddling

Loading a Canoe

Rowing

Rafts

Primitive Weaving Method

Poling

Swimming

Movements in Swimming

Floating

Diving

Breathing

Treading Water

Fishing

CHAPTER XI

USEFUL KNOTS AND HOW TO TIE THEM

Terms Used in Knot-Tying

Square Knot

Figure-Eight Knot

Bow-Line Knot

Sheep-Shank Knot

The Parcel Slip-Knot

Cross-Tie Parcel Knot

Fisherman's Knot

Halter, Slip, or Running Knot

CHAPTER XII

ACCIDENTS

Sprains and Bruises

Fireman's Lift

Cuts

Burns and Scalds

Heat Prostration and Sunstroke

Cinder or Foreign Substance in the Eye

Fainting

Drowning—Shafer Method

After Respiration Begins

Nosebleed

CHAPTER XIII

CAMP FUN AND FROLICS

Obstacle Races

Medals

Blindfold Obstacle Walk

Hunting the Quail

Trotting-Horse

Wood Tennis

Around the Camp-Fire

Songs

Bird-Call Match

Vary the Game

Lighting the Fire Without a Match

Without the Bow

CHAPTER XIV

HAPPY AND SANE SUNDAY IN CAMP

Observation Game