Show sT By Ted Resting Kesling Do not ever consider yourself hopelessly lost In a permanent permanent perma- perma nent sense Lost is a state of mind Ignore it it Recall the yarn about the Indian who was never lost It was camp that rudely got lost The same applies to sportsmen You arent aren't actually lost you are here where youre you're standing or sitting Its It's the camp that is temporarily misplaced DIFFICULTY COMES when a chap panics or otherwise grows emotionally disturbed In this mental state he no doubt would get himself Into trouble any any- where including the heart of Philadelphia or Highway 30 across Wyoming The thing to do is remain calm Occupy yourself Build a afire afire fire if fuel is available Dont Don't be in a hurry Construct some sort of shelter Have green material material ma- ma handy to toss on the fire for an eye catching smudge Keep coolly rational suggests suggests sug- sug John Jobson Camping Editor of Sports Afield Magazine Maga- Maga zine Mull things over realistically barring incapacitating injury they are not so bad as they first appear When you do this solutions solutions have a way of arising among them being that your buddies bud bud- dies or someone else will find you You may miss a meal or orI I two and have to awaken several times during the nIght to feed the fire but these are not catastrophes of lasting import rn IN SELECTING an inexpensive inexpensive sive featherweight pocket compass compass com com- pass for ordinary use which will prevent your getting lost at all bear in mind that the functions required of it are not elaborate Consider the fact that in hunting you seldom walk more than 15 or 20 miles Often this is a aind Ind of aimless meandering You wander you circuit and you do it at a slow rate of speed that enormously lessens the risk of error You are a lot closer in a direct direct di- di line to camp or other point or origin than the actual miles walked PHYSICALLY the s simple imp 1 e basic pocket compass is quite small It has a needle or sometimes sometimes some some- times a floating dial The needle needle nee nee- dle on the proper end should be marked YN MN plainly or North Do not ever consider any compass comI com com- I pass lacking this feature |