General Scouting Outdoors 201 



The rain-crow or cuckoo (both species) is supposed by all 

 hunters to foretell rain, when its "Kow, kow, kow" is long 

 and hard. 



So, also, the tree-frog cries before rain. 



Swallows flying low is a sign of rain; high, of clearing 

 weather. 



The rain follows the wind, and the heavy blast is just 

 before the shower. 



OUTDOOR PROVERBS 



What weighs an ounce in the morning, weighs a pound 



at night. 

 A pint is a pound the whole world round. 



Allah reckons not against a man's allotted time the days 

 he spends in the chase. 



If there's only one, it isn't a track, it's an accident. 



Better safe than sorry. 



No smoke without fire. 



The bluejay doesn't scream without reason. 



The worm don't see nufl&n pretty 'bout de robin's song. — 

 (Darkey.) 



Ducks flying over head in the woods are generally, pointed 

 for water. 



If the turtles on a log are dry, they have been there half 

 an hour or more, which means no one has been near to 

 alarm them. 



Cobwebs across a hole mean ''nothing inside." 



Whenever you are trying to be smart, you are going 

 wrong. Smart Aleck always comes to grief. 

 You are safe and winning, when you are trying to be 



kind. 



