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of its distance. Landmarks should be studied, so that 

 they will be recognized from any point of view, that they 

 may be known when they are reached again. Before he 

 begins a journey that does not follow a beaten and un- 

 mistakable track, the traveller should determine his gen- 

 eral direction by compass or map or inquiry, and should 

 adhere to that direction. The inexperienced traveller 

 often gets at once into a panic on losing his way, and 

 wastes his remaining energy in frantic rushes in one direc- 

 tion and another. This tendency to become panic-stricken 

 should be controlled, if possible. Sit down, get out your 

 map and compass — if you are provided with them, as 

 you should be — and study the situation carefully before 

 acting. At least, rest a little and think it over. If it is hot 

 and you are far from camp, get your head into the shade 

 of a bush or rock, and wait till night. Thirst will be less 

 intolerable then and endurance greater. If you have camp 

 companions who are likely to look for you, start a signal 

 fire by night or a smoke by day from some little emi- 

 nence, and then stay by it until help comes. If you must 

 depend upon your own exertions, think carefully over all 

 the possibilities and adopt a plan of action and adhere to 

 it. Remember the proneness of the lost person to exag- 

 gerate the distance he has travelled. It is well to count 

 paces and to remember that about two thousand make a 

 mile. You will thus have a good check on the distance 

 that you go, and at the same time will keep your mind 

 occupied. Keep your direction true by travelling toward 

 or from some selected landmark, or by the sun during the 

 day or a star at night, or by keeping with or against or in 

 some fixed direction in relation to the wind. If you think 

 these things out and have studied the country before- 

 hand, so that you know the relation of a road, or a ranch, 

 or a spring, or a river to a given landmark or to the points 

 of the compass, you should have no difficulty in finding 

 your way again. With some persons, however, the faculty 

 of getting lost amounts to genius. They are able to ac- 

 complish it wherever they are. The only suitable advice 



