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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 8i FIREARMS No one under fourteen years of age should be allowed the use of a gun or pistol. The didn't-know-it-was-loaded fool is the cause of more sor- row than the deliberate murderer. For any scout to point a firearm at any one is a crime. If he didn't know it was loaded, he should be still more severely punished. Never let the muzzle of the gun sweep the horizon. Never carry a gun full-cock or hammer down. The half- cock is made for safety. Use it. Never pull a gun by the muzzle. Never shoot at anything about which you are in doubt. CAMP COOKERY (See Horace Kephart's Book of Camping and Woodcraft ") Can scarcely be separated from the camp-fire. In most camps the staples are: Coffee (or tea), bacon, game, fish and hardtack, bannocks or biscuit, usually and most appropriately called " sinkers " and " damper." To make these necessary evils, take I pint flour. I teaspoon ful of baking-powder. Half as much salt. Twice as much grease or lard. With water enough to make into paste, say one-half a pint. When worked into smooth dough, shape it into wafers, half an inch thick, and three inches across. Set in a greased tin, which is tilted up near a steady fire. Watch and turn the tin till all are browned evenly. For other and better but more elaborate methods of making bread, see Kephart's book as above. For cooking fish and game, the old, simple standbys are the frying-pan and the stew-pan. As general rule, mix all batters, mush, etc., with cold water, and always cook with a slow fire.