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i66 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA points for each act reported correctly. It saves time if the umpire makes out a scoring card beforehand, giving the name of each scout, and a number of columns showing each act of his, and what mark that scout wins, also a column of deducted marks for exposing themselves. " SPIDER AND FLY " A bit of country or section of the town about a mile square is selected as the web, and its boundaries described, and an hour fixed at which operations are to cease. One patrol (or half-patrol) is the "spider," which goes out and selects a place to hide itself. The other patrol (or half-patrol) goes a quarter of an hour later as the fly " to look for the " spider." They can spread themselves about as they like, but must tell their leader anything that they discover. An umpire goes with each party. If within the given time (say, about two hours) the fly has not discovered the spider, the spider wins. The spiders write down the names of any of the fly patrol that they may see; simi- larly HOW TO TEACH STALKING Demonstrate the value of adapting color of clothes to hack- ground by sending out one boy about ^oo yards to stand against different backgrounds in turn, till he gets one similar in color to his own clothes. The rest of the patrol to watch and to notice how invisible he becomes when he gets a suitable background. E.g., a boy in a gray suit standing in front of dark bushes, etc., is quite visible — but becomes less so if he stands in front of a gray rock or house; a boy in a dark suit is very visible in a green field, but not when he stands in an open doorway against dark interior shadow.