I02 The Book of Woodcraft 



Handspring. To throw a tumbler or 4-legged hand- 

 spring, coup; to throw a clean handspring, grand coup. 

 Back handspring. A clean back handspring, grattd coup. 



WATER-SPORTS AND TRAVEL 

 (For swimming, rowing, etc., see classified athletics on a previous page.) 



Bathing. A coup for having bathed out of doors in 

 water of natural temperature anywhere north of N. Lat. 

 30, or south of S. Lat. 30, for 300 days in the year; a 

 grand coup for 365 days. 



Sailing. To have sailed any two-man craft for 30 

 successive days, 1 2 hours a day at the wheel — the other 

 man not a professional sailor — coup. 



Sixty days of the same in salt water, grand coup. 



Log-riding. Tread a sawlog 100 yards in any time, 

 without going overboard, for coup; do it 100 yards and 

 back in 30 minutes, for grand coup. 



Canoeman. A coup is allowed to those who can paddle 

 (single) a canoe on dead water, make their paddling coup 

 (see p. 100), spill the canoe and get into her again, and bale 

 her alone. 



A grand coup, when they make their paddling coup, 

 spill, right, and bale the canoe alone, three times in 

 succession, and have run a rapid that falls 6 feet in 200 

 yards. 



Canoe-camper. To have made a continuous canoe trip 

 of 500 miles, sleeping out every night, coup; 1,000 miles 

 of the same, grand coup. 



Saddle-camper. To have made a continuous saddle 

 trip of 500 miles, sleeping out every night, coup; 1,000 

 miles, grand coup. 



Camper. A coup, for passing 30 successive nights out 

 of doors, never once sleeping under shingles, but in tent, 



