Outdoor Sports and Games

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Outdoor Sports and Games, by Claude H. Miller This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Outdoor Sports and Games Author: Claude H. Miller Release Date: July 16, 2005 [eBook #16316] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OUTDOOR SPORTS AND GAMES*** E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Karen Dalrymple, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) A Boys' Camp A Boys' Camp The Library of Work and Play OUTDOOR SPORTS AND GAMES BY CLAUDE H. MILLER, PH.B. GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1911 Title Page CONTENTS I. Introductory The human body a perfect machine—How to keep well— Outdoor sleeping—Exercise and play—Smoking— Walking. II. The Boy Scouts of America Headquarters—Purpose—Scout Law—How to form a patrol of Scouts—Organization of a troop—Practical activities for Scouts—A Scout camp—Model Programme of Sir R.S.S. Baden-Powell Scout camp. III. Camps and Camping How to select the best place to pitch a tent—A brush bed —The best kind of a tent—How to make the camp fire— What to do when it rains—Fresh air and good food—The brush leanto and how to make it. IV.