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- On the Trail
- An Outdoor Book for Girls
- By
- LINA BEARD
- AND
- ADELIA BELLE BEARD
- PRESENTATION
- 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
- Flapjacks
- Biscuits
- Johnny-Cake
- Corn-Meal Mush
- Kentucky Bread
- Cocoa
- Coffee
- Tea
- Boiled Potatoes
- Baked Potatoes
- Bean Soup and Baked Beans
- Bacon
- Game Birds
- Fish
- Essential Foods
- List
- List
- Sanitation
- Camp Spirit
- CHAPTER IV
- WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL
- Clothing
- Underwear
- Stockings
- Shoes
- Camping Dress
- Hat
- Check List of Apparel
- Check List of Toilet Articles
- Check List of Personal Camp Property
- Check List for First Aid
- Check List for General Camp
- Check List of Kitchen Utensils
- Camp Packs
- What to Put in Your Pack
- Blanket-Roll Pack
- Duffel-Bag
- Packing Provisions
- CHAPTER V
- OUTDOOR HANDICRAFT
- CHAPTER VI
- MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE OUTDOOR FOLK
- Stalking
- Animals Found on the Trail
- Birds
- Stalking the Ruffed Grouse
- Woodcock
- Beaver
- Fish-Hawk, Osprey
- Blue Heron
- Loon, Great Northern Diver
- Animals and Birds of the Open
- Field-Mouse
- Kangaroo-Rat, Jumping Mouse
- Pocket-Gopher
- Antelope
- Coyote, Prairie-Wolf
- Spermophile
- Bobolink
- Meadow-Lark
- Red-Winged Blackbird
- Song Sparrow
- CHAPTER VII
- WILD FOOD ON THE TRAIL
- Red Raspberry
- Black Raspberry
- Purple-Flowering Raspberry
- Mountain Raspberry, Cloudberry
- Wild Strawberry
- Low Running Blackberry
- Running Swamp Blackberry
- High-Bush Blackberry
- Mountain Blackberry
- Thornless Blackberry
- Eastern Wild Gooseberry
- Dwarf Blueberry
- Low Blueberry
- High-Bush Blueberry
- Dangleberry
- Wintergreen. Checkerberry
- Partridgeberry
- June-Berry. Shadbush
- Red Mulberry
- Sweet Viburnum. Nanny-Berry. Sheepberry
- Large-Fruited Thorn
- Black Haw. Stag-Bush
- Wild Plums. Canada Plum
- Beach Plum
- Wild Red Cherry
- Sand-Cherry
- Persimmon
- Papaw
- May-Apple
- Wild Grapes
- Frost-Grape or Chicken-Grape
- Wild Nuts. Black Walnuts
- Butternut
- Bark and Roots of Trees
- Slippery-Elm
- Sassafras
- Salads. Watercress
- Dandelion
- CHAPTER VIII
- LITTLE FOES OF THE TRAILER
- Insects
- Wood-Ticks
- Jigger. Redbug. Mite
- Deer-Fly
- Black-Fly
- No-see-um. Punky. Midge
- Gnats
- Bees, Wasps, and Yellow-Jackets
- Dopes
- Nessmuk's Dope
- Breck's Dope
- H. P. Wells's Bug-Juice
- Smudges
- Snakes
- Harlequin Snake and Coral-Snake
- Water-Moccasin, Cottonmouth
- Other Snakes
- Beaded Lizard, Gila Monster
- Treatment for Snake-Bites
- Poisonous Plants
- Jimson-Weed
- Toadstools
- CHAPTER IX
- ON THE TRAIL WITH YOUR CAMERA
- Selecting a Camera
- How to Know Your Camera
- Loading the Camera
- Count the Turns of the Key
- CHAPTER X
- ON AND IN THE WATER
- Safe and Unsafe Boats
- Stepping in and out of a Boat
- Canoes and Canoeing
- Paddles
- Accessories
- Care of the Canoe
- Getting in the Canoe
- Upset
- Paddling
- Loading a Canoe
- Rowing
- Rafts
- Primitive Weaving Method
- Poling
- Swimming
- Movements in Swimming
- Floating
- Diving
- Breathing
- Treading Water
- Fishing
- CHAPTER XI
- USEFUL KNOTS AND HOW TO TIE THEM
- Terms Used in Knot-Tying
- Square Knot
- Figure-Eight Knot
- Bow-Line Knot
- Sheep-Shank Knot
- The Parcel Slip-Knot
- Cross-Tie Parcel Knot
- Fisherman's Knot
- Halter, Slip, or Running Knot
- CHAPTER XII
- ACCIDENTS
- Sprains and Bruises
- Fireman's Lift
- Cuts
- Burns and Scalds
- Heat Prostration and Sunstroke
- Cinder or Foreign Substance in the Eye
- Fainting
- Drowning—Shafer Method
- After Respiration Begins
- Nosebleed
- CHAPTER XIII
- CAMP FUN AND FROLICS
- Obstacle Races
- Medals
- Blindfold Obstacle Walk
- Hunting the Quail
- Trotting-Horse
- Wood Tennis
- Around the Camp-Fire
- Songs
- Bird-Call Match
- Vary the Game
- Lighting the Fire Without a Match
- Without the Bow
- CHAPTER XIV
- HAPPY AND SANE SUNDAY IN CAMP
- Observation Game
- Transcriber's Notes
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