On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1915]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- On the Trail
- An Outdoor Book for Girls
- 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
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