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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
or a great bed of coals that will warp iron and melt 
everything else. 
“If one would have good meals cooked out of doors, 
and would save much time and vexation ; in other words, 
if he wants to be comfortable in the woods, he must 
learn how to produce at will either (1) a quick, hot 
little fire that will boil water in a jiffy, and will soon 
burn down to embers that are not too ardent for fry- 
ing; or (2) a solid bed of long-lived coals that will 
keep up a steady, glowing, smokeless heat for baking, 
roasting, or slow boiling; or (3) a big log fire that will 
throw its heat forward on the ground, and into a tent 
or lean-to, and will last several hours without replen- 
ishing. 
“Luncheon Fire — For a noonday lunch, or any other 
quick meal, when you have only to boil coffee and fry 
something, a large fire is not wanted. Drive a forked 
stake into the ground, lay a green stick across it, slant- 
ing upward from the ground, and weight the lower end 
with a rock, so that you could easily regulate the height 
of a pot. The slanting stick should be notched, or have 
the stub of a twig left at its upper end, to hold the pot 
bail in place, and to be set at such an angle that the pot 
swings about a foot clear of the ground. 
“Then gather a small armful of sound, dry twigs 
from the size of a lead pencil to that of your finger. 
Take no twig that lies flat on the ground, for such are 
