300 The Book of Woodcraft 



If the rat is knocked off by any one in fair firing, the 

 keeper is powerless till he has replaced it. Meantime, most 

 of the players have secured their rats and got back safe to 

 the firing-line. 



By using bean bags or sandbags instead of stones 

 this may be made an indoor game. 



WATCHING BY THE TRAIL 



This is a game we often play in the train, to pass the time 

 pleasantly. 



Sometimes one party takes the right side of the road 

 with the windows there, and the other the left. Sometimes 

 all players sit on the same side. 



The game is, whoever is first to see certain things agreed 

 on scores so many points. Thus: 



A crow or a cow counts i 



A horse 2 



A sheep • • 3 



A goat 4 



A cat 5 



A hawk 6 



An owl 7 



The winner is the one who first gets 25 or 50 points, as 

 agreed. 



When aioot, one naturally takes other things for points, 

 as certain trees, flowers, etc. 



TRAILING 



A good trailing stunt to develop alertness and obser- 

 vation is managed thus: One fellow wearing the tracking 

 irons is deer. He is given 100 beans, 30 sHces of potato 

 and 10 minutes start. He has to lay a track, as crooked 

 as he pleases, dropping a bean every 3 or 4 yards and a sHce 



