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Illustrations

The Chief Greeted Him Pleasantly[Frontispiece]
Diagram of Woodcraft Camp[41]
“Tell Him You Are to Be a Delaware”[51]
He Had Built a Fire[118]
Billy’s Apparatus for Making Fire[207]
“Run!” He Yelled[233]
The Boys Were Drilled in Wig-Wag Signaling[308]

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The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp

CHAPTER I
THE TENDERFOOT

In the semi-darkness of daybreak a boy of fourteen jumped from a Pullman sleeper and slipped a quarter into the hand of the dusky porter who handed down his luggage.

“You are sure this is Upper Chain?” he inquired.