Show t N LOST 1 IX TUB TAi WOODS m You Have an Axe You May Not w Have a Bad Time o get lost in the woods Js is not a an I occurrence and what to d do o un ler er erthe the circumstances is so well told by bj Horace Kephart in fn Field an and St Stearn earn eam that readers fond of camping an ani woodcraft will be interested 1 I The first thing that one OM should d do w en ho realizes that he has lost has lost hi hIs bis s li Bearings nr in a wild country is to stop s a and il sit down Dont Don't take one more st st Jp p until you have recovered your wits wit s so that you can trace on the ground W wl th a n stick your probable course tours si Ice ce leaving the camp and mark on it i t t e estimated location of such water water- courses and other landmarks as h have ve passed Then make up your mind min you a that If it YOU von must nil en M I oJ v. v h a alone one in In- Inthe the woods it It is is no killing killin s m matter atter but likely an Interesting adv ad ad- v Having recovered ment men men- your t tal 1 l balance take note of the lay Jay of ot th the e lr d around you the direction of ot it Its drainage e the character of ot its ve vegetation eta ti on and the tho hospitalities that it offers offer s i t rf t bound bound traveler in tho the way b g go a water ring water sound down wood H n p g Slogs Slog's tI n g- g shelter and browse Then The b 8 g arse aree on four sides sides make make bi big b J fat bat can be seen from any dl- dl g r a r l e D Do this even oven though there b be e t s a vern ours of at daylight ahead and nIt al al- lough you have no present intention o f staying here for you do know that t i jig jis is spot Is only so many hours from m h o imp mp by back trail and that you ma may y jive avo good reason to return to it Jt I Now try to get Iet nn an outlook over oyer the s 8 grounding country In flat fiat woods wood t mis Is will be difficult If It you can risk T n a. a tall treo do so so Select on one t at nt you can climb and mcl having gained y fur pur ur outlook note tho the compass dire dIrect t ton on of watercourses and other land land- arks mapping them on a n bit o of Per liper for a n lost mans man's memory i Is t treacherous The courses of small s Creams eams show where the to main valley 1 L ics es es Decide where to go take th the comI com com- I r- r rass ass direction note how bow the sun strikes I I and descend Now as you travel make bush bush- larks lark's by Iy making blazes on trees o or or lJ ii a shrub hero here and there along t tio o 0 trail so you will easily follow tollow your you t ay ray back should you have bave to pass the light In the tho woods |