Part 65 (2/2)

Thus: A crow or a cow counts 1 A cat 2 A hawk 3 An owl 4 A sheep 5 A goat 6 A horse 7

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The winner is the one who first gets twenty-five or fifty points, as agreed.

When afoot, one naturally takes other things for points, as certain trees, flowers, etc.

Lion Hunting

(The games from Lion Hunting to Hare and Hounds are from General Baden-Powell.)

A lion is represented by one scout, who goes out with tracking irons on his feet, and a pocketful of corn or peas, and six lawn-tennis b.a.l.l.s or rag b.a.l.l.s. He is allowed half an hour's start, and then the patrol go after him, following his spoor, each armed with one tennis ball with which to shoot him when they find him. The lion may hide or creep about or run, just as he feels inclined, but whenever the ground is hard or very greasy he must drop a few grains of corn every few yards to show the trail.

If the hunters fail to come up to him neither wins the game.

When they come near to his lair the lion fires at them with his tennis b.a.l.l.s, and the moment a hunter is. .h.i.t he must fall out dead and cannot throw his tennis ball. If the lion gets. .h.i.t by a hunter's tennis ball he is wounded, and if he gets wounded three times he is killed.

Tennis b.a.l.l.s may only be fired once; they cannot be picked up and fired again in the same fight.

Each scout must collect and hand in his tennis b.a.l.l.s after the game.

In winter, if there is snow, this game can be played without tracking irons, and using s...o...b..a.l.l.s instead of tennis b.a.l.l.s.

Plant Race

Start off your scouts, either cycling or on foot, to go in any direction they like, to get a specimen of any ordered plant, say a sprig of yew, a shoot of ilex, a horseshoe mark from a chestnut tree, a briar rose, or something of that kind, whichever you may order, such as will tax their knowledge of plants and will test their memory as to where they noticed one of the kind required and will also make them quick in getting there and back.

Throwing the a.s.segai

Target, a thin sack, lightly stuffed with straw, or a sheet of card-board, or canvas stretched on a frame.

a.s.segais to be made of wands, with weighted ends sharpened or with iron arrow heads on them.

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Flag Raiding

Two or more patrols on each side.

Each side will form an outpost within a given tract of country to protect three flags (or at night three lanterns two feet above ground), planted not less than two hundred yards (one hundred yards at night) from it. The protecting outpost will be posted in concealment either all together or spread out in pairs. It will then send out scouts to discover the enemy's position. When these have found out where the outpost is, they try to creep round out of sight till they can get to the flags and bring them away to their own line. One scout may not take away more than one flag.

This is the general position of a patrol on such an outpost:

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