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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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 nuffin 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. 
WHEN LOST IN THE WOODS 
If you should miss your way, th^.first thing to remem- 
ber is like the Indian, “You are not lost; it is the teepee 
that is lost.” It isn’t serious. It cannot be so, unless 
you do something foolish. 
The first and most natural thing to do is to get on a 
hill, up a tree, or other high lookout, and seek for some 
