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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
COOKING THE FIRST MEAL 
water aside to cool. Boiling sterilizes, and charcoal 
deodorizes. * * *” 
Arriving at Camp 
As soon as the camp site is decided upon locate the 
tent. (This should be done in advance when the party 
is of any size). Each tent should be about twenty-five 
feet from the next, on a dry place and easy to drain in 
case of rain, and so placed as to have the sun in the 
morning and the shade in the afternoon. Each tent 
should be trenched and placed at some distance from the 
water supply and from the latrine. 
Tents 
“For fixed camps, situated where there are wagon 
roads or other adequate ways of transportation, the 
best cloth shelter is a wall tent, rectangular or square, 
of strong and rather heavy material. * * * The best 
all-round size of wall tent for two people, if weight and 
bulk and cost are of any consequence, is the so-called 
9 x 9 or a 9 x 12, built with 3j4-foot walls, instead of 
3-foot, and 8-foot center, instead of 7j4-foot, For four 
