I have often passed through outposts at night after having found where the picquets were posted by hearing the low talking of the men or the snoring of those asleep.
BOOKS TO READ ON OBSERVATION.
"Criminal Investigation" by Dr. Gross. Edited by John Adam. 30s.
"Aids to Scouting." 1s. (Gale and Polden.)
An Alarm Bell in Mafeking—"Look out for shells!"
HINTS TO INSTRUCTORS.
HOW TO TEACH OBSERVATION IN PRACTICE.
PRACTICES.
In Towns: Practise your boys first in walking down a street to notice the different kinds of shops as they pass and to remember them in their proper sequence at the end.
Then to notice and remember the names on the shops.