On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls. Adelia B. Beard

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       Adelia B. Beard, Lina Beard

      On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls

      Published by Good Press, 2019

       [email protected]

      EAN 4057664139825

Table of Contents

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       ON THE TRAIL

       CHAPTER I

       TRAILING

       When You Strike the Trail

       Blazing the Trail

       To Know an Animal Trail

       Lost in the Woods

       Footprints or Tracks

       CHAPTER II

       WOODCRAFT

       Trees

       Balsam-Fir

       Spruce

       Hemlock

       Pine

       How to Chop Wood

       How to Chop Logs

       How to Fell a Tree

       Etiquette of the Wild

       Finding Your Way by Natural Signs and the Compass

       Sunlight and Shadow

       Wind

       Use of Compass

       Make a Compass of Your Watch

       Mountain Climbing

       Lost in the Woods

       To Find Your Way by the North Star

       CHAPTER III

       CAMPING

       Information

       Location

       Water

       Companions

       Safeguarding

       The Start

       The One-Day Camp

       Camp Dinner

       The Clean-Up

       Shelters and Tents. Lean-To

       Permanent Camp. Lean-To. Open Camp

       Tents

       Camp-Beds

       Bough-Bed

       Bag-Bed

       Cot-Bed

       Pillows

       Guards

       Exercise

       The Camp-Fire

       How to Build a Fire

       Cook-Fire

       Log-Cabin Fire

       Fire in the Rain

       Camp Fireplace

       Camp Cooking. Provisions