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x86 Woodcraft Maonal for Girli Business except when very interesting is disi^nsed with, and a pr^m of sforts and amusements, chiefly for the visitors, is SXl^ prepared. This b " Strangers' Night " and they should be entertained, not bored. Making Council-fire The Council-fire is a very different thing from the cooking- fire or the so-called bonfire. And there are just as many ways of making it wrong. These are the essen als: It must be easily started. It must give a steady, bright light. „c^^ It must have as little heat as possible, for it is mostly used in the summer. Therefore, it must be small. , It b best built as in (c), ^bout two and one-half feet high; the bottom stick about three feet long; the rest shorter and ^""-Srsmall wood and chips to Kght it can be put either under or on top of the second layer. * u — It should oe drawn in toward the top, so as to bum without ^irmusf^ontain a large proportion of dry, winter-sea^^ wood, if it is to blaze brightly. The readiest seasoned wood is usually old lumber. , , For an aU-evenmg Council-fire, at least three times as much should be in stock as on the fire when started. Here are some wrong methods: The hich pyramid or bonfire, (a) goes off like a flash, roasts every one, then goes dead. The shapeless pile (b), is hard to light and never ght. The bonfire is always bad. It wastes good wood; is daugetous to the forest and the camp, is