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landmark near the camp. You may be sure of these 
things : 
You are not nearly as far from camp as you think you 
are. 
Your friends will soon find you. 
You can help them best by signalling. 
The worst thing you can do is to get frightened. The 
truly dangerous enemy is not the cold or the hunger, so 
much as the fear. It is fear that robs the wanderer of 
his judgment and of his limb power; it is fear that turns 
the passing experience into a final tragedy. Only keep 
cool and all will be well. 
If there is snow on the ground, you can follow you 
back track. 
If you see no landmark, look for the smoke of the fire. 
Shout from time to time, and wait; for though you have 
been away for hours it is quite possible you are within 
earshot of your friends. If you happen to have a gun, 
fire it off twice in quick succession on your high lookout 
then wait and listen. Do this several times and wait 
plenty long enough, perhaps an hour. If this brings no 
help, send up a distress signal — that is, make two smoke 
fires by smothering two bright fires with green leaves and 
rotten wood, and keep them at least fifty feet apart, or 
the wind will confuse them. Two shots or two smokes 
are usually understood to mean “I am in trouble.” Those 
in camp on seeing this should send up one smoke, which 
means “Camp is here/’ 
In a word, “keep cool, make yourself comfortable, 
leave a record of your travels, and help your friends to 
find you.” % 
EDIBLE WILD PLANTS 
No one truly knows the woods until he can find with 
certainty a number of wild plants that furnish good food 
