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310 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 easily be totalled up at foot.

Follow the Trail

Send out a' "hare," either walking or cycling, with a pocketful of corn, nutshells, confetti paper, or buttons, etc., and drop a few here and there to give a trail for the patrol to follow.

Or go out with a piece of chalk and draw the patrol sign on walls, gate posts, pavements, lamp posts, trees, etc., every here and there, and let the patrol hunt you by these marks. Patrols should wipe out all these marks as they pass them for tidiness, and so as not to mislead them for another day's practice.

The Other road signs should also be used, such as closing up certain roads as not used, and hiding a letter at some point, giving directions as to the next turn.

Scout's Nose In-doors Prepare a number of paper bags, all alike, 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 seconds 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 Single scouts, or complete patrols or pairs of scouts, to be taken out about two miles apart, and made to work toward each other, either alongside a road, or by giving each side a landmark to work to, such as a steep hill or big tree, which is directly behind the other party, and will thus insure their coming together. The patrol which first sees the other wins. This is dignified by the patrol leader holding up his patrol flag for the umpire 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.