CHAPTER V 



[THE BOY SCOUT AS I SHOULD LIKE TO KNOW HIM 



It is not my intention in this chapter to go into the 

 question of scouting for boys. That, to say the 

 least, would be beyond the province of this book, 

 added to which is the fact that General Baden- 

 Powell has already, in his admirable book. Scouting 

 for Boys, catered for Scouts in a manner calculated 

 to stir up patriotism in every Britisher. 



My aim is to address a few words to Boy Scouts 

 so far as concerns the wild animals and plants of 

 the countryside, and to present some ideas which 

 I possess concerning the Boy Scout as I should 

 like to know him. 



Among the many young people whom I am 

 pleased to number among my friends, there are 

 not a few who belong to the Boy Scouts' organisa- 

 tion, and whilst some of these appear to me to 

 carry out their duties to the letter, there are others 

 who exhibit much room for improvement. 



The members of one particular corps of Boy 

 Scouts with which I am acquainted take a keen 

 delight in stalking wild creatures quietly and un- 

 obtrusively, learning all they can of both animals 



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