[1231]. Desirable camp sites. The following conditions are desirable for camp sites:
(a) Porous soil, covered with stout turf and underlaid by a sandy or gravelly subsoil.
(b) High banks of rivers, provided no marshes are near.
(c) In cold weather, a southern exposure, with woods to the north to break the cold winds.
(d) In warm weather, an exposure toward the prevailing winds, with site moderately shaded by trees.
[1232]. Undesirable camp sites. The following conditions are undesirable for camp sites:
(a) Clay soil, or where the ground water approaches the surface, such sites being damp and unhealthful.
(b) Alluvial, marshy ground, and ground near the base of hills, or near thick woods or dense vegetation are also damp.
(c) Ravines and depressions are likely to be unduly warm and to have insufficient or undesirable currents.
(d) Proximity to marshes or stagnant water is usually damp, and has mosquitoes, which transmit malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever.