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Title: The American boys' handybook of camp-lore and woodcraft
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941
Subjects: Camping Camping -- Equipment and supplies
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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oceed to lay outthe court. The author is aware of the fact that the general readermay be more interested in scout camping, summer camping,and recreation camps than in real wilderness work, but hehas tried to impress upon the boys and girls, too, for thatmatter, the fact that the knowledge of real wilderness workwill make even the near-at-home camping easier for them,and very much more interesting; it will also cause them toenjoy the council fire better and have a greater appreciationfor everything pertaining to outdoor life. The wildernesscampfire over which the solitary explorer or hunter hovers,or around which a group of hunters assemble and spin theiryarns, magnified and enlarged to a big blazing fire becomesthe council fire around which gather all the members of arecreation camp, the pupils of an outdoor school, a troop ormany troops of Boy Scouts; therefore we have given the coun-cil fire serious study, because the most inconvenient as wellas the most romantic place to talk is at
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COUNCIL GROUNDS AND FIRES 25S The Council Fire There could be no more impractical plan for a place tospeak tliun a circle with a l)ig fire in the middle of it, and thatis the plan of all tlie council grounds. The audience nnist beseated on the circumference of the circle, and the Masterof Ceremonies must stand necessarily with his face to thefire and his back to part of his audience, or his back to thefire and consequently also to the part of the audience on theother side of the fire. Having had occasion over and overagain to address the scouts at a council fire, the writer hashad all the discomforts impressed uix)n him many times. Asa rule, the boys are enthusiastic, and so are the men, and theenthusiasm is most often displayed by the size of the fire; thebigger the fire the greater the delight of the boys and themore difficult the position of the orator or Master of Cere-monies. All this may be overcome, however, if in place of acircle the council grounds are laid out in an oval or

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