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Games 27 Pad the head an inch thick with the ordinary horsehair stuffing that is used in furniture, and bind all with strong burlap, sewing it at the seams and lashing it around the bamboo with string. This completes the dry land spear. If for use in the water, make a final cover out of rubber cloth. This keeps the spear dry. A completed spear weighs about 114 pounds. © Balls Pea. The same in flace: "a Ef piddendlh, YN I have seen a good many campers try tilting on the land or on the water and make an utter failure of it, by rea- son of the absurdly clumsy, heavy spears used. A green -sapling was cut for handle, and the end tied up ina bundle of rags that was 18 inches through. This was hard enough to lift, when dry, and as it usually soon fell into the water and got sopping wet, its weight became trebled, and one could not use it as a spear at all. Skin the Snake This is a feat for several performers; the more the funnier. The players stand in line, one behind the other, with a short distance between. Each player bends forward, and stretches one hand backward between his legs, while the other hand grasps that of the player in front, who has as- sumed the same position. When all are in position, the line begins backing, the player at the rear end of the line lying down on his back, and the next player walking backward astride over him until he can go no farther, when he also lies down with the first player’s head between his legs. This backing-and-lying-down move- ment continues until all the players are lying in a straight line on the floor. Then the last one to lie down gets up, raising the man next behind him to his feet, and so on until all again are standing in the original position. The grasp of hands is retained throughout. Animal Blind Man’s Buff One player is blindfolded and stands in the center of a circle, with a stick or cane in his hand. The other players