'.$IO Boy Scouts , The simplest way of scoring is to make a list of the articles ..in the. room on your scoring:paper with a column for marks for 'each. scout against them, which can then easil?t,be totalled up at foot. '; .... Follow the Trail Send out a' "hare," either walking or cycling, with a pocket- -ful o'f corn, nutshells, confetti paper, .or buttons, etc., and drop ?t. few here and there to give a trail for the iSitrol to follow. "'. Or go out with a piece of chalk and draw the patrol sign on ':{vails, gate posts, pavements, lamp posts, trees, etc., ev 'ery here ' and there, and let the patrol hunt you by these niarl?s. Patrols
- Should wipe out all these marks as they pass them fo? tidiness,
,'and so as not to mislead them for another day's practice.
;: The Other road signs should also be used, such as dosing up
'?ertain roads as not used, and hiding a letter at some point, ' giving'directions as to the next turn. " '.? .... Scout's Nose In=doos . Prepare a number of paper bags, all aliko,. and put in each a different smelling article, such as chopped onion in one, tan ?in. another, rose leaves, leather, aniseseed, violet powder, orange ipeel, etc. Put these packets in a row a couple of feet apart, ,.and .let each competitor walk down the line and have five sec- onds sniff at each. At the end he-has one minute in which to .,write. down or to state to the umpire the names of the different objects smelled, from memory, in their correct order. .. Scout Meets Scout in Town or Country ?,'h? e scouts, or complete patrols or parrs of scouts, to be ',?n out about two miles apart, and made to work toward each .::'?'/hcr;either alongside a road,.or by giving each side a landmark i6"work to, such as a steep hill or big tree, which is directly 'b?hi?i the other party, and will thus insure their coming to- ?getl?er... The patrol which first sees the other wins. This is ?gnifi?d by the patrol leader holding up his patrol flag for the
'/t?nl?ide to see, and sounding his whistle.' A patrol need not
keep together, but that patrol wins which first 'holds out its flag, so it is well for the scouts to be in touch with their patrol leaders by signal, voice, or message.
- "Scouts may employ any ruse they like, such as climbing into
items, hiding in carts, etc., but they must not dress uP in disguise. This may also be practised at night. ?i? ?Goo?[
