78 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
- ' Pure pine tar i oz.
Oil pennyroyal i oz. Vaseline 3 ozs. Mix cold in a mortar. If you wish, you can add 3 per cent, carbolic acid to above. Some make it i^ ozs. tar." In certain crowded camps there is danger of headlice and body vermin. I have heard washing in potato water recommended as a sure cure. Potato water is the water potatoes have been boiled in. Most drugshops have tobacco ointment and blue ointment; a very little of these applied to the body where there is hair is a sure cure. CAMP ROUTINE .30 A.M. Turn out, bathe, etc. 7.00 Breakfast. .00 Air bedding in sun, if possible. .00 Scouting games and practice. .00 Swimming. .00 M. Dinner. 1. 00 P.M. Talk by leader. 2.00 Water games, etc. .00 Supper. .30 Evening council around camp-fire. Order of business : Opening council. Roll-call. Record of last council. Reports of scouts. Left-over business. Complaints. Honors. New scouts. New business. Challenges. Social doings, songs, dances, stories. Closing council (devotional services when desired). 10.00 Lights out.
