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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
of 2, 4, 6 and 8 ounces. Bottles of 1 pint, 1 quart, 
1 gallon. Pails, 1 pint, 1 quart, 2 quarts, 1 gallon. 
(3) Be able without scales to weigh out specified 
amounts of sugar, flour or other household mater- 
ials, for example, 1, 5 or 10 pounds. 
(4) Be able to pick out from an assortment packages 
of rice, tea, cornmeal, etc., weighing J4, 1, 2, 5 
and 10 pounds. 
(5) Be able to give in the usual measures, either 
avoirdupois or metric, capacity of the standard 
teaspoon, tablespoon, teacup. 
(6) Be able to tell when you have walked a mile in 
open country. This may be done by using Scout’s 
Pace for 12 minutes, on a fifty walk, fifty run 
rhythm, or by knowing one’s own walking step 
length. 
(7) Be able to judge of spaces between distant objects 
such as the distance between two trees, the width 
of a road, or a brook, by the triangulation method. 
USEFUL PERSONAL MEASURES 
It is sometimes a great convenience to measure a length 
of ribbon, lace or other goods without the use of a rule 
or tape measure; but what shall we use in their place? 
Look at your thumb — how long is it from the end to the 
first joint and the middle finger, from the end to the 
knuckle on the back of the hand? Isn’t it nearly four and 
one-half inches or one-eighth of a yard? That is what 
the average grown person’s finger measures. To get the 
correct length of your own finger, hold the end of a tape 
line to the end of the finger with the thumb of the same 
hand, draw the tape measure tight over the bent finger to 
the knuckle. This is a very useful measure for short 
lengths. 
Another measure for longer lengths is the distance 
