Suggested Programs 179 



To get, each, 100 straight rods, 30 inches long, to make 

 Indian bed, of willow, hazel, kinnikinik, arrowwood, etc. 



To get wood for rubbing-sticks, or for a fire-bow. 



To get horns for a Caribou dance. 



If there is snow, to take, by the tracks, a census of a 

 given woods, making full-size drawings of each track — ■ 

 that is, four tracks, one for each foot; and also give the 

 distance to the next set. 



If there is snow, to determine whether there are any 

 skunk dens in the woods, by following every skunk trail 

 until it brings you to its owner's home. 



Now, be it remembered that, though I always set out 

 with an object, I find it wise to change whenever, after I 

 get there, some much more alluring pursuit or opportunity 

 turns up. Any one who sticks to a plan, merely because 

 he started that way, when it turns out to be far from the 

 best, is not only unwise, he is stupid and obstinate. 



