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Title: The boy's camp book; a guidebook based upon the annual encampment of a boy scout troop; the second of a series of handy volumes of information and inspiration
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Cave, Edward, 1878-
Subjects: Camping Boy Scouts
Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & company
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ions that may be of use to the newdetail? Any suggestions toheadquarters about the sup-ply of provisions or the cook-ing equipment? No, sir, says Com-modore Casey, retiringOfficer of the Day, who gothis nickname because he hasqualified as a Sea Scout. We are leaving everything ingood shape — except our reputations as cooks. I havenothing to suggest except that it is dangerous to put toomuch salt in the soup. I will stick around for a while andexplain the menu and the recipes to Nick, and show himthe difference between the pots and pails. We have markedthem so the mistake of making soup in the coffee kettlecan be avoided. And there is a small matter of demon-strating the difference between a lemon and an onion,that was taught us by the pioneers — we will pass thatalong. Thank you, laughs Mr. Tilton. Nick, you will pickout three cooks to help you, two Scouts to chop wood,carry water, and dispose of garbage, and one Handy Scouttp make himself generally useful. Fall out COOKING 109Who
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To your surprise, all the retiring detail remainis your Handy Scout, Nick? they ask. Happy, there. Hes always on hand. Investing the Handy Scout. — All right, Happy. TheCommodore takes a large serving tray from the table. Inchoosing you, your leader has, unknowingly to either of you,conferred upon you the honourable degree of Chief ScoutFire Fanner. This tray isthe emblem of your office, rt ^and he passes the tray toHappy. If there is no morebreeze than there was thismorning, you will need it. Next, an onion and alemon are produced. Every-body gathers around, Mr.Tilton included. Now then, Nick, says the Commodore, I have here asyou see, an onion and a lemon, easily distinguished with thenaked eye, as explained to us by our predecessors. And amost ingenious and infallible method it is, I assure you. Iwill now demonstrate it to you, Nick, as the leader of yourdetail. Very interesting, replies Nick. But why go to somuch trouble? Onion or Lemon? — No trouble at all. On the con-trary,

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