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Outdoor Sports and Games
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Title: Outdoor Sports and Games
Author: Claude H. Miller
Release Date: July 16, 2005 [eBook #16316]
Language: English
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The Library of Work and Play
OUTDOOR SPORTS AND GAMES
by
CLAUDE H. MILLER, PH.B.
Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company
1911
[Illustration: A Boys' Camp]
[Illustration: 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 kin