Keep your own person clean and carry along needles and thread so that you may be able to repair the rents in your own clothes.
Before going into camp every boy should know how to wash, dry and fold his own flannel shirt, stockings and handkerchiefs.
The captain of the camp should write out his orders and post them so that they can be read by all; nothing should be left to chance.
Under all circumstances keep your temper and remember your companions are entitled to a good time as well as yourself.
Don't be selfish, and don't go camping with boys who have that vulgar characteristic.
CHAPTER XX
CAN YOU RIDE A "BIKE?" SOME THINGS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT THE WHEEL, AND SOMETHING ABOUT OTHER THINGS
To begin with, I am not going to tell you how to ride a bicycle. The only way to learn that is to get a wheel, and if it bucks you off, mount again and keep on trying until you master the machine.
I have heard folks say that the bicycle is going out of fashion. That is sheer nonsense! What have boys, or sturdy young men, or sturdy old ones for that matter, to do with fashion? The bike is here, and it has come to stay, and to go on revolving as long as folks live on a revolving world.
Bike parties that make explorations lasting for days, or even for weeks, are now not unusual, and if they travel prepared to make camp wherever night overtakes them, the more healthful the sport and the more novel and independent the tour. You should know how to carry the necessary baggage on your wheel. It is customary in ordinary wheeling to strip a machine of every ounce of weight not necessary. Many riders travel without even a tool bag, pump or wrench. The additional weight of a few tools cannot be sufficient to make much difference to a rider.