SOME THINGS A CRUISER SHOULD KNOW 



How to select and read a compass. 



The letters E and W on a large compass are reversed for con- 

 venience in reading. 



The heavier and greater number of limbs are on the south side 

 of a tree. 



Moss grows on the north side of trees. 



Small streams or brooks flow into larger ones and are the best 

 guides out in case you are lost. 



Not all standing trees are saw timber. 



The number of rings, counting from the pith, is the only way 

 one can tell the probable age of a tree. The size or thickness 

 shows the growth each year. 



Never go into the woods without a good reliable compass, a 

 water-proof match box full of matches, and a good strong sheath 

 or jack knife. 



Never travel alone if you can avoid it; so many things could 

 happen to you and a companion could go for assistance if nothing 

 more. 



The better care you take of yourself, the better and more work 

 you can do 



Don't think because you are in the woods that you must rough 

 it as the Indians or woodsmen of fifty years ago did. 



Have good plain food and a comfortable bed at night; no man 

 can do good work who does not rest after turning in. 



A machete is the best thing you can use for cutting through 

 bushes or small trees. 



The best way to determine the soundness of a standing tree is 

 to spot or blaze a smooth place about as high as your head, then 

 strike the blaze with back of axe; if it gives out a booming or hollow 

 sound, you may feel sure it is bad part of the way up. One must 

 train his ear to the sound as does a music teacher in pitching his 

 tune. 



In estimating the diameter of a standing tree, do not call a 12 '^ 

 tree 16 " . You know the full moon, when near the horizon, looks 



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