Outing . ord inVirginia with a gun and carried six bird-shot in his left ear. Now, suspicion is a quality of protec-tion for the human mind. I picked upthat gun and looked at it with an eyewhich had become exceedingly sighted down the barrel. Then I sawa light. Come out here into the yard, I said to my father. I have a hunch why youmissed that sitting rabbit. We went out and put up a big papertarget, using a rack of cordwood as abackground. I aimed at the penciledcenter of the target deliberately, andwhen the gun went off an old rooster,that had seen many winters and that waswalking
Outing . ord inVirginia with a gun and carried six bird-shot in his left ear. Now, suspicion is a quality of protec-tion for the human mind. I picked upthat gun and looked at it with an eyewhich had become exceedingly sighted down the barrel. Then I sawa light. Come out here into the yard, I said to my father. I have a hunch why youmissed that sitting rabbit. We went out and put up a big papertarget, using a rack of cordwood as abackground. I aimed at the penciledcenter of the target deliberately, andwhen the gun went off an old rooster,that had seen many winters and that waswalking some twenty feet to the left ofthe wood, suddenly fell over as in a fit. Why in blazes didnt you shoot at thetarget? queried my father with asperity. I did, said I, running over to pickup the fowl. Then my father looked through thebarrel of that borrowed gun and he, too,saw a light. They play Rugby football on the Pacific Coastand like it. Why? Arthur A. Goldsmithanswers this question in the March OUTING. TIMELY TIPS FOR EMERGENCYOUTFITTING WHILE there may be a disposi-tion to argue whether gauntletgloves are justified by the de-mands of wilderness living or merely ex-cusable on the ground of individual ec-centricity, the fact remains that they arefine for handling drinking water. Byfolding the hand part up against thecuff, the latter is converted into adrinking cup which has it over the con-ventional hat-rim and birch-bark make-shifts like the proverbial tent. IF a little care and discretion is usedin deciding the size and shape of thepanels into which the map, ormaps, is cut preparatory to mounting oncheese-cloth an ordinary leather bill-fold or, better, a tackle-book makes a verysatisfactory map-case for the trail. Thelatter, with its separate pockets, permitsthe assortment and indexing of maps forquick reference. In that way you canusually find the one you want. SURGEONS adhesive tape, alreadypretty well established in the canoe-ists outfit, is highly recommendedfor emerge
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